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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Tractatus' and 'Mathematics, Science and Language'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

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Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long]

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

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Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 1. Mathematics

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Mathematics is a mental activity which does not use language [Brouwer, by Bostock]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

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Brouwer regards the application of mathematics to the world as somehow 'wicked' [Brouwer, by Bostock]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 10. Beginning of an Object

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Generation is when local motions aggregate to become a single subject [Nicholas of Autrecourt]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]