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All the ideas for 'Frege's Theory of Numbers', 'I.39 On Solitude' and 'Maxims'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
7914 To try to be wise all on one's own is folly [Rochefoucauld]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure
17447 Parsons says counting is tagging as first, second, third..., and converting the last to a cardinal [Parsons,C, by Heck]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind
7118 La Rochefoucauld's idea of disguised self-love implies an unconscious mind [Rochefoucauld, by Sartre]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
7912 Judging by effects, love looks more like hatred than friendship [Rochefoucauld]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge
7915 Supreme cleverness is knowledge of the real value of things [Rochefoucauld]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
7917 Realising our future misery is a kind of happiness [Rochefoucauld]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
22269 We must fight fiercely to hang on to the few pleasures which survive into old age [Montaigne]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
7913 Virtue doesn't go far without the support of vanity [Rochefoucauld]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
7916 True friendship is even rarer than true love [Rochefoucauld]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
9299 We are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring [Rochefoucauld]