11 ideas
20947 | Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder] |
6222 | If a decision is in accord with right reason, everyone can agree with it [Cumberland] |
3061 | Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius] |
20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
6217 | Natural law is supplied to the human mind by reality and human nature [Cumberland] |
6221 | If there are different ultimate goods, there will be conflicting good actions, which is impossible [Cumberland] |
7669 | We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin] |
6218 | The happiness of individuals is linked to the happiness of everyone (which is individuals taken together) [Cumberland] |
6220 | The happiness of all contains the happiness of each, and promotes it [Cumberland] |
7668 | Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin] |
6216 | Natural law is immutable truth giving moral truths and duties independent of society [Cumberland] |