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Ideas for 'works', 'Hippias Major' and 'A Discourse on Method'

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

23890

For Plato true wisdom is supernatural [Plato, by Weil]

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

3060	Plato never mentions Democritus, and wished to burn his books [Plato, by Diog. Laertius]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

3600	Slow and accurate thought makes the greatest progress [Descartes]

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

3601	Most things in human life seem vain and useless [Descartes]

3602	Almost every daft idea has been expressed by some philosopher [Descartes]