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All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Summula philosophiae naturalis' and 'Grundlagen (Foundations of Theory of Manifolds)'

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7 ideas

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

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

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

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Cantor developed sets from a progression into infinity by addition, multiplication and exponentiation [Cantor, by Lavine]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers

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Ordinals are generated by endless succession, followed by a limit ordinal [Cantor, by Lavine]

7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism

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Ockham was an anti-realist about the categories [William of Ockham, by Pasnau]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

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Ockham says matter must be extended, so we don't need Quantity [William of Ockham, by Pasnau]

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Matter gets its quantity from condensation and rarefaction, which is just local motion [William of Ockham]

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

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