9 ideas
10121 | Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal] |
6012 | We must choose in which of the virtues we wish to excel [Panaetius] |
6013 | Panaetius said we should live according to our natural starting-points [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
6014 | Panaetius identified courage with great-mindedness, preferring civic courage to military [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
23601 | Leaders can only attack foreigners who have done wrong (as with their own subjects) [Vitoria] |
23569 | The only just cause for a war is a wrong received [Vitoria] |
23566 | Princes should not justify a war to their subjects, and doing so would undermine the state [Vitoria] |
23576 | Sacking a city is lawful if it motivates the attacking troops [Vitoria] |
5888 | Souls are born, since they are sensitive and inherited, so they must perish [Panaetius, by Cicero] |