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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Lecture on Applicability of Mathematics' and 'Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions'

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10 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]

6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 4. Mathematical Empiricism / b. Indispensability of mathematics

8732	It is spooky the way mathematics anticipates physics [Weinberg]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness

24016

Consciousness always transcends itself [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / a. Nature of emotions

24013

An emotion and its object form a unity, so emotion is a mode of apprehension [Sartre]

24017

Emotion is one of our modes of understanding our Being-in-the-World [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

24014

Emotions are a sort of bodily incantation which brings a magic to the world [Sartre]

24015

Emotions makes us believe in and live in a new world [Sartre]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

20491

States have a monopoly of legitimate violence [Sartre, by Wolff,J]