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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Noneism or Allism?' and 'works'

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8 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]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 4. Substitutional Quantification

15533

We can quantify over fictions by quantifying for real over their names [Lewis]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification

15534

We could quantify over impossible objects - as bundles of properties [Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

15532

'Allists' embrace the existence of all controversial entities; 'noneists' reject all but the obvious ones [Lewis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

15535

We can't accept a use of 'existence' that says only some of the things there are actually exist [Lewis]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 8. Socialism

23137

Liberty without socialism is injustice; socialism without liberty is brutality [Bakunin]