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

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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 / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

13773

For the truth you need Prodicus's fifty-drachma course, not his one-drachma course [Socrates]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

7421	A philosopher is one who cares about what other people care about [Socrates, by Foucault]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

1649	Socrates opened philosophy to all, but Plato confined moral enquiry to a tiny elite [Vlastos on Socrates]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

5842	Philosophical discussion involves dividing subject-matter into categories [Socrates, by Xenophon]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 2. Analysis by Division

648	Socrates began the quest for something universal with his definitions, but he didn't make them separate [Socrates, by Aristotle]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 6. Deconstruction

8216	Deconstruction is not neutral; it intervenes [Derrida]