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All the ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'City of God' and 'The Meditations (To Himself)'

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9 ideas

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

3067	A philosopher should have principles ready for understanding, like a surgeon with instruments [Aurelius]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

3072	Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe [Aurelius]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

3912	I must exist in order to be mistaken, so that even if I am mistaken, I can't be wrong about my own existence [Augustine]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection

3102	Why don't we experience or remember going to sleep at night? [Magee]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 2. Interactionism

6683	The contact of spirit and body is utterly amazing, and incomprehensible [Augustine]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature

3066	Nothing is evil which is according to nature [Aurelius]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure

3071	Justice has no virtue opposed to it, but pleasure has temperance opposed to it [Aurelius]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / b. Living naturally

3069	The art of life is more like the wrestler's than the dancer's [Aurelius]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness

3065	Humans are naturally made for co-operation [Aurelius]