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Ideas for Phil Dowe, Friedrich Nietzsche and Thomas Jefferson
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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Wisdom prevents us from being ruled by the moment [Nietzsche]
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The highest wisdom has the guise of simplicity [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
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Don't use wisdom in order to become clever! [Nietzsche]
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The wisest man is full of contradictions, and attuned to other people, with occasional harmony [Nietzsche]
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Unlike science, true wisdom involves good taste [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
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But what is the reasoning of the body, that it requires the wisdom you seek? [Nietzsche]
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'Wisdom' attempts to get beyond perspectives, making it hostile to life [Nietzsche]
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Suffering is the meaning of existence [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought
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All intelligent Romans were Epicureans [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought
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Judging by the positive forces, the Renaissance was the last great age [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy
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All the major problems were formulated before Socrates [Nietzsche]
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I revere Heraclitus [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy
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Thucydides was the perfect anti-platonist sophist [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / d. Nineteenth century philosophy
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Early 19th century German philosophers enjoyed concepts, rather than scientific explanations [Nietzsche]
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Carlyle spent his life vainly trying to make reason appear romantic [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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Thinking has to be learned in the way dancing has to be learned [Nietzsche]
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A warlike philosopher challenges problems to single combat [Nietzsche]
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Philosophy begins in the horror and absurdity of existence [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]
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Nietzsche thinks philosophy makes us more profound, but not better [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]
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Great philosophies are confessions by the author, growing out of moral intentions [Nietzsche]
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I don't want to persuade anyone to be a philosopher; they should be rare plants [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
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Philosophy ennobles the world, by producing an artistic conception of our knowledge [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
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The first aim of a philosopher is a life, not some works [Nietzsche]
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You should only develop a philosophy if you are willing to live by it [Nietzsche]
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What matters is how humans can be developed [Nietzsche]
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The main aim of philosophy must be to determine the order of rank among values [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
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Thinkers might agree some provisional truths, as methodological assumptions [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / f. Philosophy as healing
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Philosophy is pointless if it does not advocate, and live, a new way of life [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy
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Philosophy is more valuable than much of science, because of its beauty [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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Philosophy is always secondary, because it cannot support a popular culture [Nietzsche]
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It would better if there was no thought [Nietzsche]
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Why do people want philosophers? [Nietzsche]
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Deep thinkers know that they are always wrong [Nietzsche]
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What we think is totally dictated by the language available to express it [Nietzsche]
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How many mediocre thinkers are occupied with influential problems! [Nietzsche]
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Words such as 'I' and 'do' and 'done to' are placed at the point where our ignorance begins [Nietzsche]
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Pessimism is laughable, because the world cannot be evaluated [Nietzsche]
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Is a 'philosopher' now impossible, because knowledge is too vast for an overview? [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour
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Comedy is a transition from fear to exuberance [Nietzsche]
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Reject wisdom that lacks laughter [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
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Metaphysics divided the old unified Greek world into two [Nietzsche, by Critchley]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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The desire for a complete system requires making the weak parts look equal to the rest [Nietzsche]
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Aristotle enjoyed the sham generalities of a system, as the peak of happiness! [Nietzsche]
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Different abilities are needed for living in an incomplete and undogmatic system [Nietzsche]
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Wanting a system in philosophy is a lack of integrity [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
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Nietzsche has a metaphysics, as well as perspectives - the ontology is the perspectives [Nietzsche, by Richardson]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
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Kant has undermined our belief in metaphysics [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
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Bad writers use shapeless floating splotches of concepts [Nietzsche]
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Philosophers should create and fight for their concepts, not just clean and clarify them [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
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Grammar only reveals popular metaphysics [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
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If philosophy controls science, then it has to determine its scope, and its value [Nietzsche]
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Scientific knowledge is nothing without a prior philosophical 'faith' [Nietzsche]
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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics
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Thoughts are uncertain, and are just occasions for interpretation [Nietzsche]
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A text has many interpretations, but no 'correct' one [Nietzsche]
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