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All the ideas for 'teaching', 'Letter on Freedom' and 'A Study of Concepts'

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25 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
5896 Speak the truth, for this alone deifies man [Pythagoras, by Porphyry]
1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought
3051 Pythagoras discovered the numerical relation of sounds on a string [Pythagoras, by Diog. Laertius]
2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
5042 For every event it is possible for an omniscient being to give a reason for its occurrence [Leibniz]
2. Reason / D. Definition / 13. Against Definition
12585 Most people can't even define a chair [Peacocke]
6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / m. One
7485 For Pythagoreans 'one' is not a number, but the foundation of numbers [Pythagoras, by Watson]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
12581 Perceptual concepts causally influence the content of our experiences [Peacocke]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception
12579 Perception has proto-propositions, between immediate experience and concepts [Peacocke]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought
12586 Consciousness of a belief isn't a belief that one has it [Peacocke]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / b. Concepts in philosophy
18568 Philosophy should merely give necessary and sufficient conditions for concept possession [Peacocke, by Machery]
18571 Peacocke's account of possession of a concept depends on one view of counterfactuals [Peacocke, by Machery]
18572 Peacocke's account separates psychology from philosophy, and is very sketchy [Machery on Peacocke]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 3. Ontology of Concepts / b. Concepts as abilities
12577 Possessing a concept is being able to make judgements which use it [Peacocke]
12578 A concept is just what it is to possess that concept [Peacocke]
12587 Employing a concept isn't decided by introspection, but by making judgements using it [Peacocke]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / b. Analysis of concepts
12584 An analysis of concepts must link them to something unconceptualized [Peacocke]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / f. Theory theory of concepts
9335 Concepts are constituted by their role in a group of propositions to which we are committed [Peacocke, by Greco]
19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
9336 A concept's reference is what makes true the beliefs of its possession conditions [Peacocke, by Horwich]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / d. Health
3053 Pythagoras taught that virtue is harmony, and health, and universal good, and God [Pythagoras, by Diog. Laertius]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
5244 For Pythagoreans, justice is simply treating all people the same [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
644 For Pythagoreans the entire universe is made of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
638 Pythagoreans define timeliness, justice and marriage in terms of numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
553 Pythagoreans think mathematical principles are the principles of all of nature [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
554 Pythagoreans say things imitate numbers, but Plato says things participate in numbers [Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
375 When musical harmony and rhythm were discovered, similar features were seen in bodily movement [Pythagoras, by Plato]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
7467 The modern idea of an immortal soul was largely created by Pythagoras [Pythagoras, by Watson]