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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour' and 'The Philosophy of Logic'

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6 ideas

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

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

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / i. Cardinal infinity

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Very large sets should be studied in an 'if-then' spirit [Putnam]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

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Indispensability strongly supports predicative sets, and somewhat supports impredicative sets [Putnam]

8857	We must quantify over numbers for science; but that commits us to their existence [Putnam]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

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We both desire what is beautiful, and want it to remain as it is [Weil]

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

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