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Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Friedrich Nietzsche and Ryan Wasserman

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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought
2922 All intelligent Romans were Epicureans [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: Every mind of any account in the Roman Empire was an Epicurean.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (The Anti-Christ [1889], 58)
1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought
18330 Judging by the positive forces, the Renaissance was the last great age [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: Ages are to be assessed by their positive forces - and by this assessment the age of the Renaissance, so prodigal and so fateful, appears as the last great age.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 8.37)
     A reaction: I suspect that Nietzsche places art very high among the positive forces. Science and technology showed barely a glimmer during the Renaissance. Mathematics moved very little, Copernicus was ignored, and logic was static.