Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'works' and 'Structure and Ontology'

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5 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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 8. Conditionals / d. Non-truthfunction conditionals

10994

Conditionals are true if minimal revision of the antecedent verifies the consequent [Stalnaker, by Read]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring

9626	A structure is an abstraction, focussing on relationships, and ignoring other features [Shapiro]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]