Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hesiod, Numenius and Xunzi (Xun Kuang)

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4 ideas

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue

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Rituals escape natural chaos, and benefit everyone, by reshaping our motivations [Xunzi (Xun Kuang), by Norden]

23406

Rituals don't arise from human nature; they are the deliberate creations of a sage [Xunzi (Xun Kuang)]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

20239

Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 1. God

6011	There is a remote first god (the Good), and a second god who organises the material world [Numenius, by O'Meara]