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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

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Crates lived in poverty, and treated his whole life as a joke [Crates of Thebes, by Plutarch]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

1767	Everyone should study philosophy until they see all people in the same light [Crates of Thebes, by Diog. Laertius]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / c. Potential infinite

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Platonists ruin infinity, which is precisely a growing structure which is never completed [Dummett]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 10. Constructivism / a. Constructivism

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For intuitionists it is constructed proofs (which take time) which make statements true [Dummett]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

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Friendship without community spirit misses out on the main part of virtue [Hume]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions

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It would be absurd if even a free constitution did not impose restraints, for the public good [Hume]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / d. Elites

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Nobility either share in the power of the whole, or they compose the power of the whole [Hume]