Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Hermarchus, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Friedrich Nietzsche

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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
23188 Bad writers use shapeless floating splotches of concepts [Nietzsche]
7132 Philosophers should create and fight for their concepts, not just clean and clarify them [Nietzsche]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
2938 The limits of my language means the limits of my world [Wittgenstein]
18274 Analysis complicates a statement, but only as far as the complexity of its meaning [Wittgenstein]
6429 All complex statements can be resolved into constituents and descriptions [Wittgenstein]
23492 Our language is an aspect of biology, and so its inner logic is opaque [Wittgenstein]
23510 Most philosophical questions arise from failing to understand the logic of language [Wittgenstein]
18732 We don't need a theory of truth, because we use the word perfectly well [Wittgenstein]
22490 Bring words back from metaphysics to everyday use [Wittgenstein]
20121 Grammar only reveals popular metaphysics [Nietzsche]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
18714 We already know what we want to know, and analysis gives us no new facts [Wittgenstein]
23499 This book says we should either say it clearly, or shut up [Wittgenstein]