14 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
7426 | Critical philosophy is what questions domination at every level [Foucault] |
7423 | Philosophy and politics are fundamentally linked [Foucault] |
7420 | When logos controls our desires, we have actually become the logos [Foucault] |
7424 | Saying games of truth were merely power relations would be a horrible exaggeration [Foucault] |
5504 | Maybe we should see persons in four dimensions, with stages or time-slices at an instant [Martin/Barresi] |
5503 | Maybe personal identity is not vital in survival, and other continuations would suffice [Martin/Barresi] |
7422 | A subject is a form which can change, in (say) political or sexual situations [Foucault] |
5502 | Locke's intrinsic view of personal identity has been replaced by an externalist view [Martin/Barresi] |
7419 | Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom [Foucault] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
7425 | The aim is not to eliminate power relations, but to reduce domination [Foucault] |
7418 | The idea of liberation suggests there is a human nature which has been repressed [Foucault] |
5505 | For Aristotle the psyche perishes with the body (except possibly 'nous') [Martin/Barresi] |