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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'talk' and 'Letters to Foucher'

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5 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 / 4. Powers as Essence

13095

Essence is primitive force, or a law of change [Leibniz]

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

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

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

2117	The connection in events enables us to successfully predict the future, so there must be a constant cause [Leibniz]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique

7417	God can't have silly perfections, but how do we decide which ones are 'silly'? [Joslin]