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Ideas for 'works', 'Phaedrus' and 'A Philosophy of Boredom'

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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue

144	Reason impels us towards excellence, which teaches us self-control [Plato]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

156	Bad people are never really friends with one another [Plato]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom

9298	We can be unaware that we are bored [Svendsen]

9301	Boredom is so radical that suicide could not overcome it; only never having existed would do it [Svendsen]

9302	We are bored because everything comes to us fully encoded, and we want personal meaning [Svendsen]

9310	The profoundest boredom is boredom with boredom [Svendsen]