Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Kurt Vonnegut, Friedrich Schlegel and Thomas Jefferson

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8 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 / 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]

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]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

22352

Out of more than a hundred planets, Earth is the only one with the idea of free will [Vonnegut]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

22030

For poets free choice is supreme [Schlegel,F]

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]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

22029

Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment [Schlegel,F, by Pinkard]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / b. Natural equality

20565

Men are created equal, and with certain inalienable rights [Jefferson]