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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'works' and 'Ancient Philosophy: very short introduction'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

12036

Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge [Annas]

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

12046

Plato was the first philosopher who was concerned to systematize his ideas [Annas]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

5437	The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / d. Explaining people

5436	Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

12037

Euripides's Medea is a key case of reason versus the passions [Annas]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue

12040

Virtue is a kind of understanding of moral value [Annas]

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

13304

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

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]