Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Friedrich Schlegel, Diogenes (Sin) and Jean Baudrillard

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31 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy
22070 Irony is consciousness of abundant chaos [Schlegel,F]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
7973 There is no longer anything on which there is nothing to say [Baudrillard]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
1765 Diogenes said avoidance of philosophy is the lack of a desire to live properly [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
22069 Plato has no system. Philosophy is the progression of a mind and development of thoughts [Schlegel,F]
1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy
6841 Some continental philosophers are relativists - Baudrillard, for example [Baudrillard, by Critchley]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity
7975 The task of philosophy is to unmask the illusion of objective reality [Baudrillard]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
7986 Drunken boat pilots are less likely to collide than clearly focused ones [Baudrillard]
2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
7982 Instead of thesis and antithesis leading to synthesis, they now cancel out, and the conflict is levelled [Baudrillard]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality
7974 Without God we faced reality: what do we face without reality? [Baudrillard]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality
7987 Nothing is true, but everything is exact [Baudrillard]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism
22068 Poetry is transcendental when it connects the ideal to the real [Schlegel,F]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
1762 When someone denied motion, Diogenes got up and walked away [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
7978 There is no need to involve the idea of free will to make choices about one's life [Baudrillard]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
7813 Cynicism was open to anyone, and needed neither education nor sophistication [Diogenes of Sin., by Grayling]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature
22030 For poets free choice is supreme [Schlegel,F]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
7980 In modern times, being useless is the essential aesthetic ingredient for an object [Baudrillard]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
1763 Diogenes said a plucked chicken fits Plato's definition of man [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
5071 The Cynics rejected what is conventional as irrational, and aimed to live by nature [Taylor,R on Diogenes of Sin.]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
22071 True love is ironic, in the contrast between finite limitations and the infinity of love [Schlegel,F]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / c. Value of happiness
7983 Good versus evil has been banefully reduced to happiness versus misfortune [Baudrillard]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
7812 For peace of mind, you need self-government, indifference and independence [Diogenes of Sin.]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst
22029 Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment [Schlegel,F, by Pinkard]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 4. Citizenship
1764 Diogenes said he was a citizen of the world [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius]
24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / c. Despotism
7981 Whole populations are terrorist threats to authorities, who unite against them [Baudrillard]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 2. Anarchism
5968 Diogenes masturbated in public, wishing he could get rid of hunger so easily [Diogenes of Sin., by Plutarch]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy
7976 People like democracy because it means they can avoid power [Baudrillard]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / b. Liberal individualism
7977 Only in the last 200 years have people demanded the democratic privilege of being individuals [Baudrillard]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
1766 Diogenes said that the most excellent thing among men was freedom of speech [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history
7979 The arrival of the news media brought history to an end [Baudrillard]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
7984 Suicide is ascribed to depression, with the originality of the act of will ignored [Baudrillard]
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / d. Pascal's Wager
7985 Pascal says secular life is acceptable, but more fun with the hypothesis of God [Baudrillard]