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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'On Anger (Book 3)' and 'works'

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12 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

22070

Irony is consciousness of abundant chaos [Schlegel,F]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

22069

Plato has no system. Philosophy is the progression of a mind and development of thoughts [Schlegel,F]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

22068

Poetry is transcendental when it connects the ideal to the real [Schlegel,F]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

22030

For poets free choice is supreme [Schlegel,F]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

22071

True love is ironic, in the contrast between finite limitations and the infinity of love [Schlegel,F]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

13554

True greatness is never allowing events to disturb you [Seneca]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

13556

Every night I critically review how I have behaved during the day [Seneca]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / b. Temperance

13553

Anger is a vice which afflicts good men as well as bad [Seneca]

13552

Anger is an extreme vice, threatening sanity, and gripping whole states [Seneca]

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 / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

22029

Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment [Schlegel,F, by Pinkard]