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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Knowing One's Own Mind' and 'Freedom and Reason'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content

6175	External identification doesn't mean external location, as with sunburn [Davidson, by Rowlands]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / i. Prescriptivism

22331

Moral statements are imperatives rather than the avowals of emotion - but universalisable [Hare, by Glock]

22484

Universalised prescriptivism could be seen as implying utilitarianism [Hare, by Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 4. Categorical Imperative

6449	The categorical imperative leads to utilitarianism [Hare, by Nagel]