Beauty
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Stoicism
Has soul surviving death
Perception of an object through one of the five senses-phantasia
Two types of presentation (from an external object & perceived by mind/soul)
Past presentation=memories to compare to current presentations
6 ways ideas appear
Direct Contact=main
Direct contact- combination of presentation from memory and that of the current
Must reject Aristotelian (concreteness) & The Platonic understanding of universal ideas
Concepts come from sufficient data has been received
All humans have general conceptions
One anothers precognitions will not contradict one another
Adaptations or application to a particular cases will differ
Hold that it is possible for a presentation to be false (that it does not correspond to an external object) For them, a presentation that apprehends an becomes the criterion of truth, whereas the non-apprehensive presentation is an error.
Two species of presentation (apprehending a real object & not)
Man and Horse=corporeal
Any specific content= not corporeal
God=no human shape
Being in conformity with nature is a virtue
Virtue=harmonious disposition choice worthy for its on sake, without hope or fear from and external motive
Virtuous-in harmony with ones self and the universe/god
intrinsically valuable and should be pursued for its own sake
Happiness is not the goal of the exercise of the human will, but it is, nonetheless, a by-product of living according to nature
Virtuous is sufficient for happiness
Happiness=separation from evil
Avoidant of poverty and illness is irrelevant to happiness
Wealth, fame, health, and strength dont contribute
4 virtues existing inseparably
Moral insight-knowledge of good and evil
Courage-
Justice
Self-control
4 negatives
Folly
Cowardice
Injustice
Profligacy-careless/wasteful
Requires evil as a backdrop to compare what is happy
Hedonism
Group of ethical systems that hold that feelings of happiness and pleasure are the goal
Actions that increase pleasure are right
Actions that increase pain are wrong
Physiological-humans are psychologically constructed to exclusively desire pleasure
Ethical-view that our fundamental moral obligation