Ideas of Plutarch, by Theme

[Greek, 45 - 121, Born at Chaeronea. A Roman governor.]

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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus

1212	Replacing timbers on Theseus' ship was the classic illustration of the problem of growth and change

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism

5958	The sun is always bright; it doesn't become bright when it emerges

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 2. Psuche

5959	Some philosophers say the soul is light

5960	When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god

16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / c. Self as brain controller

5952	Rather than being the whole soul, maybe I am its chief part?

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 7. Anti-Physicalism / a. Physicalism critique

5951	If atoms have no qualities, they cannot possibly produce a mind

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions

5963	Some say emotion is a sort of reason, and others say virtue concerns emotion

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / c. Reducing intentions

20796

Action needs an affinity for a presentation, and an impulse toward the affinity

22. Metaethics / B. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure

1478	Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation

22. Metaethics / C. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

1477	Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

5948	The good life involves social participation, loyalty, temperance and honesty

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

1479	Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

5950	If only atoms exist, how do qualities arise when the atoms come together?

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles

5974	People report seeing through rocks, or over the horizon, or impossibly small works

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

5957	Absurd superstitions make people atheist, not disharmony in nature

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief

5955	No one will ever find a city that lacks religious practices