14 ideas
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] |
16567 | Scientists know everything about nothing, philosophers nothing about everything [Sagan,D] |
23249 | The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M] |
16157 | Insurance on the original ship would hardly be paid out if the plank version was wrecked! [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] |
23333 | The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
7346 | Jeremiah implied a link between weakness and goodness, and the evil of the state [Jeremiah, by Johnson,P] |
22920 | Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord [Jeremiah] |
22089 | Am I a God afar off, and not a God close at hand? [Jeremiah] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |