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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Letters to Samuel Masson' and 'Probability and Logic of Rational Belief'

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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]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 4. Paradoxes in Logic / e. The Lottery paradox

6368	If my ticket won't win the lottery (and it won't), no other tickets will either [Kyburg, by Pollock/Cruz]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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I don't admit infinite numbers, and consider infinitesimals to be useful fictions [Leibniz]

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

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