Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Lynch,MP/Glasgow,JM, Thomas Nagel and Naguib Mahfouz
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
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Tell cleverness from answers, but wisdom from questions [Mahfouz]
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
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There is more insight in fundamental perplexity about problems than in their supposed solutions [Nagel]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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If your life is to be meaningful as part of some large thing, the large thing must be meaningful [Nagel]
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Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture can't skip it [Nagel]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent
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It seems mad, but the aim of philosophy is to climb outside of our own minds [Nagel]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
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Modern philosophy tends to be a theory-constructing extension of science, but there is also problem-solving [Nagel]
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