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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Aristotle on Learning to be Good' and 'What Does It All Mean?'

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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]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

4001	The meaning of a word contains all its possible uses as well as its actual ones [Nagel]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

4377	Intellectualism is an excessive emphasis on reasoning in moral philosophy [Burnyeat]

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

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