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] |
23249 | The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M] |
20752 | For man, being is not what he is, but what he is going to be [Ortega y Gassett] |
594 | Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle] |
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] |
23333 | The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M] |
23337 | The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
20756 | Instead of having a nature, man only has a history [Ortega y Gassett] |
2632 | Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |