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Ideas for 'works (fragments)', 'Truthmakers, Realism and Ontology' and 'Ambitious, yet modest, Metaphysics'

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

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A wise man's chief strength is not being tricked; nothing is worse than error, frivolity or rashness [Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]

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

1771	When shown seven versions of the mowing argument, he paid twice the asking price for them [Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 4. Divisions of Philosophy

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Philosophy has three parts, studying nature, character, and rational discourse [Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science

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Esoteric metaphysics aims to be top science, investigating ultimate reality [Hofweber]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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Science has discovered properties of things, so there are properties - so who needs metaphysics? [Hofweber]