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All the ideas for 'works (all lost)', 'On 'Generation and Corruption'' and 'The Logical Syntax of Language'

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9 ideas

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

1749	If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder]

5. Theory of Logic / B. Logical Consequence / 1. Logical Consequence

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Carnap defined consequence by contradiction, but this is unintuitive and changes with substitution [Tarski on Carnap]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 4. Logic by Convention

13251

Each person is free to build their own logic, just by specifying a syntax [Carnap]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities

16721

Changes in secondary qualities are caused by changes in primary qualities [Giles of Orleans]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / h. Against ethics

3558	Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5835	The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Aristippus elder, by Xenophon]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 3. Cyrenaic School

3018	People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]

1751	Pleasure is the good, because we always seek it, it satisfies us, and its opposite is the most avoidable thing [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime

1755	Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]