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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Symposium' and 'Scientific Attitude and Fallibilism'

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29 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
14179 The finest branch of wisdom is justice and moderation in ordering states and families [Plato]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
14775 Numbers are just names devised for counting [Peirce]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / c. Against mathematical empiricism
14776 That two two-eyed people must have four eyes is a statement about numbers, not a fact [Peirce]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
1607 Diotima said the Forms are the objects of desire in philosophical discourse [Plato, by Roochnik]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism
14770 Reasoning is based on statistical induction, so it can't achieve certainty or precision [Peirce]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge
14774 Innate truths are very uncertain and full of error, so they certainly have exceptions [Peirce]
12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 3. Inspiration
14773 A truth is hard for us to understand if it rests on nothing but inspiration [Peirce]
14772 If we decide an idea is inspired, we still can't be sure we have got the idea right [Peirce]
14771 Only reason can establish whether some deliverance of revelation really is inspired [Peirce]
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification
174 True opinion without reason is midway between wisdom and ignorance [Plato]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 2. Imagination
14769 Only imagination can connect phenomena together in a rational way [Peirce]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 1. Self as Indeterminate
180 We call a person the same throughout life, but all their attributes change [Plato]
181 Only the gods stay unchanged; we replace our losses with similar acquisitions [Plato]
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty
173 Beauty and goodness are the same [Plato]
4026 Beauty is harmony with what is divine, and ugliness is lack of such harmony [Plato]
172 Love of ugliness is impossible [Plato]
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty
183 Stage two is the realisation that beauty of soul is of more value than beauty of body [Plato]
184 Progress goes from physical beauty, to moral beauty, to the beauty of knowledge, and reaches absolute beauty [Plato]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music
171 Music is a knowledge of love in the realm of harmony and rhythm [Plato]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
176 Love follows beauty, wisdom is exceptionally beautiful, so love follows wisdom [Plato]
14177 Love assists men in achieving merit and happiness [Plato]
179 Love is desire for perpetual possession of the good [Plato]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / d. Good as virtue
177 If a person is good they will automatically become happy [Plato]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
14178 Happiness is secure enjoyment of what is good and beautiful [Plato]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
170 The only slavery which is not dishonourable is slavery to excellence [Plato]
182 The first step on the right path is the contemplation of physical beauty when young [Plato]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
1748 Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
5989 Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
175 Gods are not lovers of wisdom, because they are already wise [Plato]