13 ideas
18435 | Resemblance Nominalists say that resemblance explains properties (not the other way round) [Rodriquez-Pereyra] |
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] |
21332 | We don't get a love of 'order' from nature - which is thoroughly chaotic [Mill] |
5888 | Souls are born, since they are sensitive and inherited, so they must perish [Panaetius, by Cicero] |
21335 | Belief that an afterlife is required for justice is an admission that this life is very unjust [Mill] |
21334 | No necessity ties an omnipotent Creator, so he evidently wills human misery [Mill] |
21333 | Evil comes from good just as often as good comes from evil [Mill] |
21329 | Nature dispenses cruelty with no concern for either mercy or justice [Mill] |
21328 | Killing is a human crime, but nature kills everyone, and often with great tortures [Mill] |
21331 | Hurricanes, locusts, floods and blight can starve a million people to death [Mill] |
21330 | Nature makes childbirth a miserable experience, often leading to the death of the mother [Mill] |