Quotes
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
Who is Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics?
This concept is the subject of discussion in Plato's Symposium.
What is love?
This concept appears multiple times in the Bible and involves God making a promise to someone.
What is a covenant?
What is to fight?
According to Aristotle, this term is a positive character trait that is the mean between two vices (excess and deficiency).
"When someone's father is still alive, observe his intentions; after his father has passed away, observe his conduct. If for three years he does not alter the ways of his father, he may be called a filial son."
Who is Confucius in the Analects?
According to this playwright and speaker at the Symposium, all humans were once larger circles that were cut in half and seek to be reunited to their other half.
Who is Aristophanes?
What is a doublet?
This state of meditative consciousness and deep asorbption into oneness is hard to achieve for Hindus.
What is samadhi?
What is filial piety?
The impermanent has no reality; reality lies in the eternal. Those who have seen the boundary between these two have attained the end of all knowledge. Realize that which pervades the universe and is indestructible; no power can affect this unchanging, imperishable reality. The body is mortal, but that which dwells in the body is immortal and immeasurable.
Who is Krishna speaking to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita?
Plato uses this metaphor to describe love that goes from the specific and physical to the more general and abstract.
God promises this to Abraham and Sarah.
What is a child/heir?
Karma, Jnana, and Bhakti are three types of this spiritual activity.
What is yoga?
According to Confucius, this way of acting is characteristic of the virtuous person/"the gentleman".
What is effortless/wuwei action?
If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
Who is God in Genesis?
This speech writer emphasizes that eros is found in everything and is a matter of balance.
Who is Eryximachus
These tribes are the descendants of Lot and his daughters
Who are the ammonites and moabites?
Krishna tells Arjuna that he must do this type of action which is not concerned with external results or the outcomes of the action.
What is selfless action?
What is rational activity in accordance with the virtues?
Quote: If then there were some device so that a city or an army might be made up of lovers and their beloveds, it is not possible that they could govern their own affairs better than by abstaining irom from all things shameful and vying for honor among themselves; fighting side by side, men be victorious even if they were but few against nearly all mankind.
Who is Phaederus in Plato's Symposium?
This speech raises the worry as to whether Platonic love is possible and whether it is good for humans.
What is the speech of Alcibiades?
This "source" according to the documentary hypothesis, portrays God anthropomorphically and emphasizes the close relationship between God and humans.
What is the J (Jawhist) source?
This state is an ultimate state of rest that is free from the cycle of death and rebirth (samsara).
What is moksha.
The distinctive ability of something determines "this" about a thing.
What is its function?