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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'De Mundo Praesenti' and 'A Thousand Plateaus'

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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]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

12714

The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 1. Ideology

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Political theory should not focus on the state or economy, but on the small scale of power [Deleuze/Guattari, by May]