Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Semantics for Propositional Attitudes' and 'Knowing One's Own Mind'

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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]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment

15785

Our commitments are to an 'ontology', but also to an 'ideology', or conceptual system [Hintikka]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

15786

Commitment to possible worlds is part of our ideology, not part of our ontology [Hintikka]

18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content

6175	External identification doesn't mean external location, as with sunburn [Davidson, by Rowlands]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]