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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Letters to Johann Bernoulli' and 'Intro to 'Philosophical Essays''

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8 ideas

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

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

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

9786	Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

9784	A false proposition isn't truer because it is part of a coherent system [Cartwright,R]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

13174

A piece of flint contains something resembling perceptions and appetites [Leibniz]

13175

Entelechies are analogous to souls, as other minds are analogous to our own minds [Leibniz]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / c. Possible but inconceivable

13172

What we cannot imagine may still exist [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

13173

Death is just the contraction of an animal [Leibniz]

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

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