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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'On Medical Experience' and 'Reasons for Actions and Desires'

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4 ideas

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

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

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

22393

I don't understand the idea of a reason for acting, but it is probably the agent's interests or desires [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

7453	Galen's medicine followed the mean; each illness was balanced by opposite treatment [Galen, by Hacking]

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

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