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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
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We consist of animal bodies and god-like reason [Epictetus]
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / f. Übermensch
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Every species produces exceptional beings, and we must just accept their nature [Epictetus]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value
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Total objectivity can't see value, but it sees many people with values [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
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Don't be frightened of pain or death; only be frightened of fearing them [Epictetus]
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We don't worry about the time before we were born the way we worry about death [Nagel]
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I will die as becomes a person returning what he does not own [Epictetus]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
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If our own life lacks meaning, devotion to others won't give it meaning [Nagel]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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Knowledge of what is good leads to love; only the wise, who distinguish good from evil, can love [Epictetus]
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil
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The evil for everything is what is contrary to its nature [Epictetus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good
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The essences of good and evil are in dispositions to choose [Epictetus]
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
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Pain doesn't have a further property of badness; it gives a reason for its avoidance [Nagel]
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