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All the ideas for 'On Duties ('De Officiis')', 'Chapters on Scepticism' and 'Explanation in Mathematics'

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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]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

13166

Essences are no use in mathematics, if all mathematical truths are necessary [Mancosu]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / b. Scepticism of other minds

1799	If we can't know minds, we can't know if Pyrrho was a sceptic [Theodosius, by Diog. Laertius]

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

6031	The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero]