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Ideas for 'Protagoras', 'Intro to Non-Classical Logic (1st ed)' and 'Letter to Menoeceus'

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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue

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Prudence is the greatest good, and more valuable than philosophy, because it produces virtue [Epicurus]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue

188	Socrates did not believe that virtue could be taught [Plato]

204	Socrates is contradicting himself in claiming virtue can't be taught, but that it is knowledge [Plato]

189	If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught [Plato]