10 ideas
9198 | It is no longer possible to be a sage, but we can practice the exercise of wisdom [Hadot] |
20728 | Metaphysics is hopeless with its present epistemology; common-sense realism is needed [Colvin] |
9197 | The logos represents a demand for universal rationality [Hadot] |
20726 | We can only distinguish self from non-self if there is an inflexible external reality [Colvin] |
20727 | Common-sense realism rests on our interests and practical life [Colvin] |
20729 | Arguments that objects are unknowable or non-existent assume the knower's existence [Colvin] |
20730 | If objects are doubted because their appearances change, that presupposes one object [Colvin] |
20731 | The idea that everything is relations is contradictory; relations are part of the concept of things [Colvin] |
9196 | The pleasure of existing is the only genuine pleasure [Hadot] |
3031 | The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius] |