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All the ideas for 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)', 'Virtue Theory and Abortion' and 'Teplitz Fragments'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

2945	Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

2946	You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

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Empiricists are passive thinkers, given their philosophy by the external world and fate [Novalis]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / b. Basis of virtue

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Eudaimonia first; virtue is a trait which promotes it; right acts are what virtues produce [Hursthouse, by Zagzebski]