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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', '21: Book of Ecclesiastes' and 'On Fate ('De fato')'

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10 ideas

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

8766	In much wisdom is much grief [Anon (Ecc)]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

8767	Sorrow is better than laughter [Anon (Ecc)]

7494	Laughter is mad; of mirth, what doeth it? [Anon (Ecc)]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 1. Bivalence

21677

How can the not-true fail to be false, or the not-false fail to be true? [Cicero]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

21667

Oratory and philosophy are closely allied; orators borrow from philosophy, and ornament it [Cicero]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

21678

If desire is not in our power then neither are choices, so we should not be praised or punished [Cicero]

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

8765	All is vanity, saith the Preacher [Anon (Ecc)]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

8768	Books are endless, and study is wearisome [Anon (Ecc)]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]