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“The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.”

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Plato (428 BC - 348 BC) was a prominent Greek philosopher, one of the most influential figures in Western philosophy. He founded the Academy, which was the first institution of higher education in the Western world. Plato's philosophy, centered around the theory of Forms, emphasized the importance of reason and morality. more

“Because one species is more clever than another, does it give it the right to imprison or torture the less clever species? Does one exceptionally clever individual have a right to exploit the less clever individuals of his own species? To say that he does is to say with the Fascists that the strong have a right to abuse and exploit the weak - might is right, and the strong and ruthless shall inherit the earth.”

Giving Doe Might Earth Individual Strong Animal Weak Abuse Philosophical Species Clever Torture Exploits Ruthless Fascists Might Is Right

Author:Richard D. Ryder

“Wisest is he who knows what he does not know.”

Knows Doe Philosophical Tao Wisest

Author:Plato

“What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.”

Country Philosophical Honored

Author:Plato

“My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?”

Source: Euthyphro, Apology, and Crito, and the Death Scene from Phaedo

“[T]here is a methodological bias in favor of taking natural discourse literally, other things being equal. For example, unless there are clear reasons for construing discourse as ambiguous, elliptical, or involving special idioms, we should not so construe it.”

Should Reason Natural Clear Special Example Equal Philosophical Favors Bias Discourse Involving Ambiguous Idiom Being Equal

Author:Tyler Burge

“It seems to me that philosophers should be more relaxed about whether or not some form of materialism is true.”

Should Mind Seems Form Knowledge Philosopher Materialism Relaxed

Book:Cognition Through Understanding: Self-Knowledge, Interlocution, Reasoning, Reflection: Philosophical Essays

Source: Cognition Through Understanding: Self-Knowledge, Interlocution, Reasoning, Reflection: Philosophical Essays

“The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of the gods.”

Should Firsts Action Wish Moral Psychology Holy Ethics Beloved Pious

Book:The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues

Source: The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialogues

“Any first-order, substantive normative theory worth its salt will require attention to the mental states of agents in a variety of quite complex ways. But realism, being a view about the status of such normative theories, insists that the truth of any firstorder normative standard is not a function of what anyone happens to think of it.”

Thinking Way Firsts States Happens Action Order Views Attention Moral Psychology Theory Standards Ethics Function Complexes Agents Variety Salt Realism Worth It

Book:Moral Realism: A Defence

Source: Moral Realism: A Defence

“I realized that my money would do vastly more good for others than it could for me and decided to make a commitment to donating to the most effective charities I could find. Many people contacted me asking how they could do this as well, and so I set up giving what we can.”

People Giving Wells Commitment Decided Asking Charity I Realized

Author:Toby Ord

“Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all.”

Evil Ignorance Terrible Philosophical Extremes Cleverness

Book:The Complete Works of Plato (Unabridged): From the greatest Greek philosopher, known for The Republic, Symposium, Apology, Phaedrus, Laws, Crito, Phaedo, Timaeus, Meno, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Parmenides, Protagoras, Statesman and Critias

Source: The Complete Works of Plato (Unabridged): From the greatest Greek philosopher, known for The Republic, Symposium, Apology, Phaedrus, Laws, Crito, Phaedo, Timaeus, Meno, Euthyphro, Gorgias, Parmenides, Protagoras, Statesman and Critias

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