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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Specimen inventorum' and 'Realism, Mathematics and Modality'

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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]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 9. Fictional Mathematics

8714	Fictionalists say 2+2=4 is true in the way that 'Oliver Twist lived in London' is true [Field,H]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence

12729

The cause of a change is not the real influence, but whatever gives a reason for the change [Leibniz]

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

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