9 ideas
| 21405 | Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long] |
| 20871 | Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero] |
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 5040 | Necessary truths can be analysed into original truths; contingent truths are infinitely analysable [Leibniz] |
| 13159 | Only God sees contingent truths a priori [Leibniz] |
| 5039 | If non-existents are possible, their existence would replace what now exists, which cannot therefore be necessary [Leibniz] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 6031 | The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero] |
| 5041 | God does everything in a perfect way, and never acts contrary to reason [Leibniz] |