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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On Wisdom' and 'Intro to 'Philosophical Essays''

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

19396

Wisdom is knowing all of the sciences, and their application [Leibniz]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

9786	Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

9784	A false proposition isn't truer because it is part of a coherent system [Cartwright,R]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

19397

Perfect knowledge implies complete explanations and perfect prediction [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances

22745

Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

5883	Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero]