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Ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Foundations of Two-Dimensional Semantics' and 'The Trouble with Being Born'

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

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Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long]

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

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Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero]

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

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So-called wisdom is just pondering things instead of acting [Cioran]

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

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Systems are the worst despotism, in philosophy and in life [Cioran]

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

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A text explained ceases to be a text [Cioran]