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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'On Duties ('De Officiis')' and 'Letters to Jourdain'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
21405 Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long]
1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
20871 Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero]
1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
291 Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
8447 In 'Etna is higher than Vesuvius' the whole of Etna, including all the lava, can't be the reference [Frege]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
8448 Any object can have many different names, each with a distinct sense [Frege]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / a. Sentence meaning
8446 We understand new propositions by constructing their sense from the words [Frege]
19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference
8449 Senses can't be subjective, because propositions would be private, and disagreement impossible [Frege]
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 / 3. Universalisability
6031 The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]