Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Andreas Osiander, George Santayana and Friedrich Schiller

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy

8000	He who is ignorant of the history of philosophy is doomed to repeat it [Santayana, by MacIntyre]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

18521

The criterion of existence is the possibility of action [Santayana]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

15282

Facts should be deducible from the theory and initial conditions, and prefer the simpler theory [Osiander, by Harré/Madden]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

22022

Beauty motivates morality, by harmonising feeling and reason [Schiller, by Pinkard]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

23060

The good is not relative, but is rooted in facts about human needs [Santayana]

25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle

7675	Schiller speaks obsessively of freedom throughout his works [Schiller, by Berlin]