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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Letters to Bouvet' and 'Evidentialism'

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6 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]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

19525

If the only aim is to believe truths, that justifies recklessly believing what is unsupported (if it is right) [Conee/Feldman]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / c. Knowledge closure

19524

We don't have the capacity to know all the logical consequences of our beliefs [Conee/Feldman]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

19407

We want good education and sociability, rather than lots of moral precepts [Leibniz]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]