29 ideas
18450 | Philosophy has its own mode of death, by separating soul from body [Porphyry] |
18451 | The presence of the incorporeal is only known by certain kinds of disposition [Porphyry] |
18459 | Diversity arises from the power of unity [Porphyry] |
7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
18452 | Memory is not conserved images, but reproduction of previous thought [Porphyry] |
7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
18453 | Intelligence is aware of itself, so the intelligence is both the thinker and the thought [Porphyry] |
18462 | The soul is everywhere and nowhere in the body, and must be its cause [Porphyry] |
18463 | Successful introspection reveals the substrate along with the object of thought [Porphyry] |
7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
18458 | The soul is bound to matter by the force of its own disposition [Porphyry] |
7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
18464 | Justice is each person fulfilling his function [Porphyry] |
18448 | We should avoid the pleasures of love, or at least, should not enact our dreams [Porphyry] |
5996 | Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA] |
7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
18444 | Civil virtues make us behave benevolently, and thereby unite citizens [Porphyry] |
18445 | Civil virtues control the passions, and make us conform to our nature [Porphyry] |
18446 | Purificatory virtues detach the soul completely from the passions [Porphyry] |
18447 | There are practical, purificatory, contemplative, and exemplary virtues [Porphyry] |
7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |
18456 | Unified real existence is neither great nor small, though greatness and smallness participate in it [Porphyry] |
18454 | Time is the circular movement of the soul [Porphyry] |
18455 | Some think time is seen at rest, as well as in movement [Porphyry] |
18460 | God is nowhere, and hence everywhere [Porphyry] |
18461 | Everything existing proceeds from divinity, and is within divinity [Porphyry] |
18449 | Nature binds or detaches body to soul, but soul itself joins and detaches soul from body [Porphyry] |
18457 | Individual souls are all connected, though distinct, and without dividing universal Soul [Porphyry] |