Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Theory Change and the Indeterminacy of Reference' and 'Definitiones cogitationesque metaphysicae'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

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]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

12712

Substance is that which can act [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

12737

Nature can be fully explained by final causes alone, or by efficient causes alone [Leibniz]

19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

22244

'Partial reference' is when the subject thinks two objects are one object [Field,H, by Recanati]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]