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All the ideas for 'Introduction to Russell's Theory of Types', 'Maxims' and 'What is the Basis of Moral Obligation?'

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13 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
7914 To try to be wise all on one's own is folly [Rochefoucauld]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
9254 In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard]
4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / p. Axiom of Reducibility
18170 The Axiom of Reducibility is self-effacing: if true, it isn't needed [Quine]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind
7118 La Rochefoucauld's idea of disguised self-love implies an unconscious mind [Rochefoucauld, by Sartre]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
7912 Judging by effects, love looks more like hatred than friendship [Rochefoucauld]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge
7915 Supreme cleverness is knowledge of the real value of things [Rochefoucauld]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
7917 Realising our future misery is a kind of happiness [Rochefoucauld]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
9256 I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard]
9257 The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
7913 Virtue doesn't go far without the support of vanity [Rochefoucauld]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
7916 True friendship is even rarer than true love [Rochefoucauld]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
9255 Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
9299 We are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring [Rochefoucauld]