17 ideas
| 22396 | We take courage, temperance, wisdom and justice as moral, but Aristotle takes wisdom as intellectual [Foot] |
| 22397 | Wisdom is open to all, and not just to the clever or well trained [Foot] |
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 22402 | Most people think virtues can be displayed in bad actions [Foot] |
| 23145 | Virtues are intended to correct design flaws in human beings [Foot, by Driver] |
| 22401 | Actions can be in accordance with virtue, but without actually being virtuous [Foot] |
| 22398 | Virtues are corrective, to resist temptation or strengthen motivation [Foot] |
| 22403 | Temperance is not a virtue if it results from timidity or excessive puritanism [Foot] |
| 22400 | Courage overcomes the fears which should be overcome, and doesn't overvalue personal safety [Foot] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 20937 | The state should produce higher civilisations for all, in tune with the economic apparatus [Gramsci] |
| 20935 | Eventually political parties lose touch with the class they represent, which is dangerous [Gramsci] |
| 20936 | Caesarism emerges when two forces in society are paralysed in conflict [Gramsci] |
| 20941 | Totalitarian parties cut their members off from other cultural organisations [Gramsci] |
| 20939 | What is the function of a parliament? Does it even constitute a part of the State structure? [Gramsci] |
| 20938 | Liberalism's weakness is its powerful rigid bureaucracy [Gramsci] |
| 20940 | Perfect political equality requires economic equality [Gramsci] |