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Ideas for 'Reply to Richards', 'Nicomachean Ethics' and 'Locke on Essences and Kinds'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

78	Wisdom is scientific and intuitive knowledge of what is by nature most precious [Aristotle]

5248	Wisdom does not study happiness, because it is not concerned with processes [Aristotle]

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

2682	Aristotle thinks human life is not important enough to spend a whole life on it [Nagel on Aristotle]

103	Wise people can contemplate alone, though co-operation helps [Aristotle]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

112	Most people are readier to submit to compulsion than to argument [Aristotle]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

22140

The greatest philosophers are methodical; it is what makes them great [Grice]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis

22	Trained minds never expect more precision than is possible [Aristotle]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science

76	The object of scientific knowledge is what is necessary [Aristotle]