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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'In Metaphysics' and 'Zettel'

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7 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

2626	A philosopher is outside any community of ideas [Wittgenstein]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

6569	'This sentence is false' sends us in a looping search for its proposition [Wittgenstein, by Fogelin]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

16660

Are things distinct if they are both separate, or if only one of them can be separate? [Duns Scotus, by Pasnau]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

16626

Substance is only grasped under the general heading of 'being' [Duns Scotus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 2. Causal Justification

3790	Causes of beliefs are irrelevant to their contents [Wittgenstein]

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

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