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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'True to the Facts' and 'The Pragmatist Account of Truth'

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7 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]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 3. Non-Contradiction

22642

Man has an intense natural interest in the consistency of his own thinking [James]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 5. Truth Bearers

8188	Davidson takes truth to attach to individual sentences [Davidson, by Dummett]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths

22641

Realities just are, and beliefs are true of them [James]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / b. Pro-coherentism

22640

We find satisfaction in consistency of all of our beliefs, perceptions and mental connections [James]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]