25 ideas
9247 | Life will be lived better if it has no meaning [Camus] |
23326 | In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M] |
23335 | In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M] |
16137 | Earlier views of Aristotle were dominated by 'Categories' [Frede,M] |
6707 | Suicide - whether life is worth living - is the one serious philosophical problem [Camus] |
9245 | To an absurd mind reason is useless, and there is nothing beyond reason [Camus] |
23249 | The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M] |
9244 | Logic is easy, but what about logic to the point of death? [Camus] |
16157 | Insurance on the original ship would hardly be paid out if the plank version was wrecked! [Frede,M] |
9249 | Whether we are free is uninteresting; we can only experience our freedom [Camus] |
23333 | The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M] |
23334 | For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M] |
23337 | The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M] |
9253 | The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it [Camus] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
9250 | Discussing ethics is pointless; moral people behave badly, and integrity doesn't need rules [Camus] |
9252 | The more one loves the stronger the absurd grows [Camus] |
9251 | One can be virtuous through a whim [Camus] |
6708 | Happiness and the absurd go together, each leading to the other [Camus] |
9243 | If we believe existence is absurd, this should dictate our conduct [Camus] |
9242 | Essential problems either risk death, or intensify the passion of life [Camus] |
9246 | Danger and integrity are not in the leap of faith, but in remaining poised just before the leap [Camus] |
9248 | It is essential to die unreconciled and not of one's own free will [Camus] |
6005 | Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |