Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Carving Content at the Joints' and 'The Decline of the West'

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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]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

10805

A sentence should be recarved to reveal its content or implication relations [Yablo]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

20948

Human cultures are organisms which grow, and then fade and die [Spengler, by Bowie]