Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Symposium', 'Intro to 'Philosophical Essays'' and 'Rights of Man'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

9786	Philosophers working like teams of scientists is absurd, yet isolation is hard [Cartwright,R]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 6. Coherence

9784	A false proposition isn't truer because it is part of a coherent system [Cartwright,R]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

5845	Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions

23261

A people, not government, creates a constitution, which is essential for legitimacy [Paine]