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All the ideas for 'works', 'Maxims' and 'On the Algebra of Logic'

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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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

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Truth-functional conditionals have a simple falsification, when A is true and B is false [Peirce]

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 / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

7667	There are two sides to men - the pleasantly social, and the violent and creative [Diderot, by Berlin]

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]

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]