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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'In Praise of Philosophy' and 'Against Barbaric physics'

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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]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

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Philosophers are marked by a joint love of evidence and ambiguity [Merleau-Ponty]

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

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

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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Some people return to scholastic mysterious qualities, disguising them as 'forces' [Leibniz]