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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Letters to Bouvet' and 'Of Liberty and Necessity'

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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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

6215	'Contingent' means that the cause is unperceived, not that there is no cause [Hobbes]

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

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

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

19407

We want good education and sociability, rather than lots of moral precepts [Leibniz]