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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Commentary on 'Physics'' and 'The Languages of Art'

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5 ideas

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

21405

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

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

20871

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

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

16587

Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence [Averroes]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language

8113	Art is like understanding a natural language, and needs a grasp of a symbol system [Goodman, by Gardner]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]