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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'On Duties ('De Officiis')' and 'Why Constitution is not Identity'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

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Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long]

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

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Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

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Clay is intrinsically and atomically the same as statue (and that lacks 'modal properties') [Rudder Baker]

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The clay is not a statue - it borrows that property from the statue it constitutes [Rudder Baker]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / d. Coincident objects

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Is it possible for two things that are identical to become two separate things? [Rudder Baker]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

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Statues essentially have relational properties lacked by lumps [Rudder Baker]

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Constitution is not identity, as consideration of essential predicates shows [Rudder Baker]

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The constitution view gives a unified account of the relation of persons/bodies, statues/bronze etc [Rudder Baker]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]