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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', '21: Book of Ecclesiastes' and 'Is There a Marxist Doctrine?'

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12 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
8766 In much wisdom is much grief [Anon (Ecc)]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour
8767 Sorrow is better than laughter [Anon (Ecc)]
7494 Laughter is mad; of mirth, what doeth it? [Anon (Ecc)]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth
23877 Most people won't question an idea's truth if they depend on it [Weil]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
23878 Weakness of will is the inadequacy of the original impetus to carry through the action [Weil]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
23879 In a violent moral disagreement, it can't be that both sides are just following social morality [Weil]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature
6000 The goal is rationality in the selection of things according to nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good
5999 The good is what is perfect by nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
8765 All is vanity, saith the Preacher [Anon (Ecc)]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
6001 Justice is a disposition to distribute according to desert [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war
23880 When war was a profession, customary morality justified any act of war [Weil]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles
8768 Books are endless, and study is wearisome [Anon (Ecc)]