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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'The Problem of Counterfactual Conditionals' and 'The Journals of Kierkegaard'

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11 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]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

16000

Fixed ideas should be tackled aggressively [Kierkegaard]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

16012

Philosophy can't be unbiased if it ignores language, as that is no more independent than individuals are [Kierkegaard]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 9. Counterfactuals

12191

Counterfactuals are true if logical or natural laws imply the consequence [Goodman, by McFetridge]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

16003

If people marry just because they are lonely, that is self-love, not love [Kierkegaard]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom

21910

Our destiny is the highest pitch of world-weariness [Kierkegaard]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 7. Existential Action

16001

Life may be understood backwards, but it has to be lived forwards [Kierkegaard]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

16008

The best way to be a Christian is without 'Christianity' [Kierkegaard]

20735

We need to see that Christianity cannot be understood [Kierkegaard]