Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Simone Weil and Aristotle

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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars
Modern wars are fought in the name of empty words which are given capital letters [Weil]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war
When war was a profession, customary morality justified any act of war [Weil]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / d. Non-combatants
The soldier-civilian distinction should be abolished; every citizen is committed to a war [Weil]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / e. Peace
War is perpetuated by its continual preparations [Weil]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 2. Religion in Society
The whole state should pay for the worship of the gods [Aristotle]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / a. Aims of education
A state is plural, and needs education to make it a community [Aristotle]
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it [Aristotle]
The aim of serious childhood play is the amusement of the complete adult [Aristotle]
A city has a single end, so education must focus on that, and be communal, not private [Aristotle]
Education is essentially motivation [Weil]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles
Aristotle said the educated were superior to the uneducated as the living are to the dead [Aristotle, by Diog. Laertius]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching
Intellectual virtue arises from instruction (and takes time), whereas moral virtue result from habit [Aristotle]
Men learn partly by habit, and partly by listening [Aristotle]
Wise men aren't instructed; they instruct [Aristotle]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history
Dividing history books into separate chapters is disastrous [Weil]
History is scientific when it relies on accurate documents [Weil]