Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Ariston, Jan Lukasiewicz and Richard Sorabji

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6 ideas

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

20768

Like spiderswebs, dialectical arguments are clever but useless [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 3. Many-Valued Logic

8942	Lukasiewicz's L3 logic has three truth-values, T, F and I (for 'indeterminate') [Lukasiewicz, by Fisher]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory

23304

The ancient Memorists said virtually all types of thinking could be done simply by memory [Sorabji]

23303

Stoics say true memory needs reflection and assent, but animals only have perceptual recognition [Sorabji]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

3049	The chief good is indifference to what lies midway between virtue and vice [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

3549	Ariston says rules are useless for the virtuous and the non-virtuous [Ariston, by Annas]