Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Aristotle and Isaiah
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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Wisdom is scientific and intuitive knowledge of what is by nature most precious [Aristotle]
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Wisdom does not study happiness, because it is not concerned with processes [Aristotle]
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548
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Knowledge chosen for its own sake, rather than for results, is wisdom [Aristotle]
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There is practical wisdom (for action), and theoretical wisdom (for deep understanding) [Aristotle, by Whitcomb]
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Wisdom seeks explanations, causes, and reasons why things are as they are [Aristotle, by Politis]
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
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Aristotle thinks human life is not important enough to spend a whole life on it [Nagel on Aristotle]
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103
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Wise people can contemplate alone, though co-operation helps [Aristotle]
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545
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It is not much help if a doctor knows about universals but not the immediate particular [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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All philosophy begins from wonder, either at the physical world, or at ideas [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
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Let us reason together, saith the Lord [Isaiah]
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Without extensive examination firm statements are hard, but studying the difficulties is profitable [Aristotle]
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If each of us can give some logos about parts of nature, our combined efforts can be impressive [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
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Philosophy is a kind of science that deals with principles [Aristotle]
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624
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Absolute thinking is the thinking of thinking [Aristotle]
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572
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Philosophy has different powers from dialectic, and a different life from sophistry [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 4. Divisions of Philosophy
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If only natural substances exist, science is first philosophy - but not if there is an immovable substance [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
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Free and great-souled men do not keep asking "what is the use of it?" [Aristotle]
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Unobservant thinkers tend to dogmatise using insufficient facts [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation
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Wisdom is knowledge of principles and causes [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
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Inquiry is the cause of philosophy [Aristotle]
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Translate as 'humans all desire by nature to understand' (not as 'to know') [Aristotle, by Annas]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy
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Even people who go astray in their opinions have contributed something useful [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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Most people are readier to submit to compulsion than to argument [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis
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Our method of inquiry is to examine the smallest parts that make up the whole [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 2. Analysis by Division
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Begin examination with basics, and subdivide till you can go no further [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
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Trained minds never expect more precision than is possible [Aristotle]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 1. Aims of Science
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The object of scientific knowledge is what is necessary [Aristotle]
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