Combining Philosophers

Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Plato and Immanuel Kant

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 2. Analysis by Division

2083	Either a syllable is its letters (making parts as knowable as whole) or it isn't (meaning it has no parts) [Plato]

2086	Understanding mainly involves knowing the elements, not their combinations [Plato]

166	A speaker should be able to divide a subject, right down to the limits of divisibility [Plato]

16123

Whenever you perceive a community of things, you should also hunt out differences in the group [Plato]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

23682

It would be absurd to be precise about the small things, but only vague about the big things [Plato]

9350	Our reason mostly analyses concepts we already have of objects [Kant]

5530	Analysis of our concepts is merely a preparation for proper a priori metaphysics [Kant]

18259

Analysis is becoming self-conscious about our concepts [Kant]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis

1645	The desire to split everything into its parts is unpleasant and unphilosophical [Plato]