27 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] |
1212 | Replacing timbers on Theseus' ship was the classic illustration of the problem of growth and change [Plutarch] |
16157 | Insurance on the original ship would hardly be paid out if the plank version was wrecked! [Frede,M] |
5958 | The sun is always bright; it doesn't become bright when it emerges [Plutarch] |
5960 | When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god [Plutarch] |
5959 | Some philosophers say the soul is light [Plutarch] |
5952 | Rather than being the whole soul, maybe I am its chief part? [Plutarch] |
23337 | The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [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] |
5951 | If atoms have no qualities, they cannot possibly produce a mind [Plutarch] |
5963 | Some say emotion is a sort of reason, and others say virtue concerns emotion [Plutarch] |
20796 | Action needs an affinity for a presentation, and an impulse toward the affinity [Plutarch] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
1477 | Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch] |
1478 | Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch] |
5948 | The good life involves social participation, loyalty, temperance and honesty [Plutarch] |
1479 | Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch] |
5950 | If only atoms exist, how do qualities arise when the atoms come together? [Plutarch] |
5974 | People report seeing through rocks, or over the horizon, or impossibly small works [Plutarch] |
1558 | Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice [Thrasymachus] |
5957 | Absurd superstitions make people atheist, not disharmony in nature [Plutarch] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |
5955 | No one will ever find a city that lacks religious practices [Plutarch] |