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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Moral Dilemmas Revisited' and 'Reflections on Value'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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All thought about values is philosophical, and thought about anything else is not philosophy [Weil]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

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Philosophy aims to change the soul, not to accumulate knowledge [Weil]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Systems are not unique to each philosopher. The platonist tradition is old and continuous [Weil]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth

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Truth is a value of thought [Weil]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / a. Dilemmas

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There is no restitution after a dilemma, if it only involved the agent, or just needed an explanation [Foot, by PG]

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I can't understand how someone can be necessarily wrong whatever he does [Foot]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / e. Means and ends

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Ends, unlike means, cannot be defined, which is why people tend to pursue means [Weil]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / a. Normativity

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Minds essentially and always strive towards value [Weil]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue

467	A virtue is a combination of intelligence, strength and luck [Ion]