18 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] |
16668 | Modes of things exist in some way, without being full-blown substances [Gassendi] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
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] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
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] |
3400 | Things must have parts to intermingle [Gassendi] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
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] |