“The significance of Empedocles lies in his view that all living beings belong to a single community or lifeworld, which is governed by a universal law of justice.“

#partialist vs. #impartialist #ethics

Aeon: Should we act morally towards trees? Empedocles says yes

https://aeon.co/essays/should-we-act-morally-towards-trees-empedocles-says-yes

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Should we act morally towards trees? Empedocles says yes | Aeon Essays

Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush

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#salutnatural
#herbesremeieres
#medicinatradicionaldelmediterrani o allguna altra #medicinatradicional i #energetica com la #unanitibb #ayurveda o similars
#plantes #fongs #bolets #natura
#presocratics
#diafreo o altres #terapies de lo #somatic
#plantessilvestrescomestibles

Si saps d'altres projectes/comptes que vinguin pel mateix, deixa'm els seus noms perquè ens trobem 🙏🏿

The pre-socratics were concerned with the basic principles of nature including aspects of moral law. During this period the views of thinkers such as Xenophanes, Anaxagoras, and Anaximander flourished... explore aspects of pre-socratic thought @ philosophy indefinitely ~ #philosophy #presocratics #GreekPhilosophy #Xenophanes #anaximander #anaxagoras #Morallaw #nature #knowledge #principlesofnature
https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/history-of-philosophy-the-moral-universe-in-the-pre-socratics/
History of philosophy – the moral universe in the pre-socratics…

Note: I’m following a series of downloaded 1992 lectures on the ‘History of Philosophy’ by the late Dr. Arthur F. Holmes, Professor of Philosophy, Wheaton College. These are my notes after listenin…

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Do you mean John Palmer's 2009 book? (He wrote the SEP article.) I think it's had a very favorable reception.

If you want something that looks at the poetry and the Greek, I'm still partial to my advisor's book: Alex Mourelatos, The Route of Parmenides. And Matt Evans' book will be great when it comes out.

#GreekPhilosophy #Parmenides #Presocratics #PresocraticPhilosophy

@bodhidave I imagine you'll have got into Parmenides? I got a lot from Peter Kingsley's takes on him in 'Reality'. #presocratics #Parmenides #meditation