The 25 new ideas included in the latest update (of 28th Nov), by Theme

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
Devotion to learning and applied intelligence leads to divine wisdom - if truth is available [Plato]
2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
Cebes responds critically to every idea he hears [Plato]
2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 3. Question Begging
If you want to discover facts, don't muddle the start of enquiry with its conclusion [Plato]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
Changing things and change itself are part of being, since it has life and mind [Plato]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation
We divide things into kinds by expert dialectic [Plato]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
If we perceive equals, we need prior knowledge of the equal in itself [Plato]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
Beauty itself is eternal, and beautiful objects partake of it, but never change it [Plato]
A form is wholly present in many different things (just as a day is present in many places) [Plato]
It is most likely that forms are patterns, and a thing partakes by being modelled on the form [Plato]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / d. Forms critiques
Whether things are large or small needs the Forms of largeness and smallness [Plato]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind
We want the character which makes all bees the same, or all virtues somehow the same [Plato]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
Philosophy reveals that the senses are extremely deceptive [Plato]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification
If a man knows something, he can give an account of it [Plato]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / k. Explanations by essence
We no longer explain a hot body by 'heat', but by its containing fire [Plato]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 7. Seeing Resemblance
When lovers see a beloved's lyre, they immediately think of the beloved [Plato]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / b. Concepts in philosophy
Threeness brings up oddness, which won't admit evenness [Plato]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
Perceiving true beauty leads to truth, and hence to goodness [Plato]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / b. Temperance
Normal temperance - scorn and control of desires - needs contempt of the body, and wisdom [Plato]
Well-ordering is not temperance; it is just fear of pleasure becoming excessive [Plato]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
Sometimes, and for some people, death is better than life [Plato]
We belong to the gods, and only kill ourselves if they indicate some necessity [Plato]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / a. Scientific essentialism
Snow ceases to be snow if it admits the hot; it is the same if fire admits the cold [Plato]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
Simmias fears that the beautiful soul is attunement of the body, and dies with it [Plato]
It is a common fear that the soul may entirely disperse immediately after death [Plato]
Critias thinks soul survives death into another body, but that process may still terminate [Plato]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven
After death I expect to join the wise gods, and good men [Plato]