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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Is There a Marxist Doctrine?' and 'Psychology from an empirical standpoint'

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8 ideas

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

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

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

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Most people won't question an idea's truth if they depend on it [Weil]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / a. Nature of intentionality

3364	All mental phenomena contain an object [Brentano]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 5. Qualia / b. Qualia and intentionality

3225	Mental unity suggests that qualia and intentionality must connect [Brentano, by Rey]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

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Weakness of will is the inadequacy of the original impetus to carry through the action [Weil]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

23879

In a violent moral disagreement, it can't be that both sides are just following social morality [Weil]

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

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

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war

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When war was a profession, customary morality justified any act of war [Weil]