Combining Philosophers

Ideas for William S. Jevons, Francis Bacon and Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

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Philosophers are marked by a joint love of evidence and ambiguity [Merleau-Ponty]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

6602	Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Metaphysics is the best knowledge, because it is the simplest [Bacon]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Natural history supports physical knowledge, which supports metaphysical knowledge [Bacon]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science

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Physics studies transitory matter; metaphysics what is abstracted and necessary [Bacon]

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Physics is of material and efficient causes, metaphysics of formal and final causes [Bacon]