10 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
9264 | Persons are distinguished by a capacity for second-order desires [Frankfurt] |
9266 | A person essentially has second-order volitions, and not just second-order desires [Frankfurt] |
9267 | Free will is the capacity to choose what sort of will you have [Frankfurt] |
9265 | The will is the effective desire which actually leads to an action [Frankfurt] |
20015 | Freedom of action needs the agent to identify with their reason for acting [Frankfurt, by Wilson/Schpall] |
9270 | A 'wanton' is not a person, because they lack second-order volitions [Frankfurt] |
9269 | A person may be morally responsible without free will [Frankfurt] |
5845 | Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon] |