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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Socrates: Ironist and Moral Philosopher' and 'Self, Body and Coincidence'

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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]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties

14534

Shoemaker moved from properties as powers to properties bestowing powers [Shoemaker, by Mumford/Anjum]

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

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

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime

1658	In early Greece the word for punishment was also the word for vengeance [Vlastos]