PHIL 1200 Lecture Notes - Moritz Schlick, Urs, Externals
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Stoic preliminaries: the best possible life is one where you have the best possible things in life, the best things in life are those good things that cannot be taken away from you against your will. Destructive emotions; anxiety; greif stoic idea; if you live this life; when negative emotions diminish, postive increase. anger; according to stoics; refusal to accept; dont have control. This bad emotions are improper attitudes. if you live a life; then according to stoics; that anxiety replaced with calmness, anger with acceptance greif replaced with joy. Worship -> regarding something as the most important. Russel -> ideals -> goodness -> proper judgement to know what is good. Goodness: the right attitude to what is valuable. Russell: to live meaningful life -> right sorts of attitudes. Meaningful life -> worship (hold something in high regard) - > goodness -> one"s proper attitudes to what is valuable. Life devoted to worship goodness; makes us the most free.
