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All the ideas for 'Laches', '14: Superstition' and 'Philosophical Letters from England'

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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]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule

7844	The Golden Rule is accepted everywhere, and gives a fixed target for morality [Voltaire]

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

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

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

5957	Absurd superstitions make people atheist, not disharmony in nature [Plutarch]