Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Herodotus, Friedrich Nietzsche and John Perry

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
7189 Maybe there are only subjects, and 'objects' result from relations between subjects [Nietzsche]
18314 In language we treat 'ego' as a substance, and it is thus that we create the concept 'thing' [Nietzsche]
7207 Counting needs unities, but that doesn't mean they exist; we borrowed it from the concept of 'I' [Nietzsche]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual
20362 We saw unity in things because our ego seemed unified (but now we doubt the ego!) [Nietzsche]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
24089 Essences are fictions needed for beings who represent things [Nietzsche]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences
20376 We begin with concepts of kinds, from individuals; but that is not the essence of individuals [Nietzsche]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
7161 The essence of a thing is only an opinion about the 'thing' [Nietzsche]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
4885 Identity is a very weak relation, which doesn't require interdefinability, or shared properties [Perry]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 3. Relative Identity
12155 Statements of 'relative identity' are really statements of resemblance [Perry]