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Ideas for 'Letter to G.H. Schaller', 'Virtues and Vices' and 'On Duties ('De Officiis')'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long]
We take courage, temperance, wisdom and justice as moral, but Aristotle takes wisdom as intellectual [Foot]
1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
Wisdom is open to all, and not just to the clever or well trained [Foot]
Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero]