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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Science and Hypothesis' and 'Human Nature'

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9 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 / 8. Humour

6211	Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 7. Mathematical Structuralism / a. Structuralism

10180

Mathematicians do not study objects, but relations between objects [Poincaré]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

6213	A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

6208	Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

6209	There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / c. Value of happiness

6210	Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes]

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 / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

6212	Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes]