Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Roger Fry, Friedrich Schelling and Timon

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23 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming
22076 Being is only perceptible to itself as becoming [Schelling]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism
22072 Schelling always affirmed the absolute status of freedom [Schelling, by Courtine]
21925 For Schelling the Absolute spirit manifests as nature in which self-consciousness evolves [Schelling, by Lewis,PB]
22045 Metaphysics aims at the Absolute, which goes beyond subjective and objective viewpoints [Schelling, by Pinkard]
22074 We must show that the whole of nature, because it is effective, is grounded in freedom [Schelling]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism
2975 That honey is sweet I do not affirm, but I agree that it appears so [Timon]
16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 4. Presupposition of Self
22073 The basis of philosophy is the Self prior to experience, where it is the essence of freedom [Schelling]
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection
20429 Most of us are too close to our own motives to understand them [Fry]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will
22075 Only idealism has given us the genuine concept of freedom [Schelling]
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude
20424 Imaginative life requires no action, so new kinds of perception and values emerge in art [Fry]
20427 Everyone reveals an aesthetic attitude, looking at something which only exists to be seen [Fry]
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty
20433 'Beauty' can either mean sensuous charm, or the aesthetic approval of art (which may be ugly) [Fry]
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 6. The Sublime
20430 In life we neglect 'cosmic emotion', but it matters, and art brings it to the fore [Fry]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 2. Art as Form
20431 Art needs a mixture of order and variety in its sensations [Fry]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 3. Art as Imitation
20423 If graphic arts only aim at imitation, their works are only trivial ingenious toys [Fry]
20428 Popular opinion favours realism, yet most people never look closely at anything! [Fry]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions
20432 When viewing art, rather than flowers, we are aware of purpose, and sympathy with its creator [Fry]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art
20425 In the cinema the emotions are weaker, but much clearer than in ordinary life [Fry]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
20426 For pure moralists art must promote right action, and not just be harmless [Fry]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / g. Will to power
20956 Ultimately, all being is willing. The nature of primal being is the same as the nature of willing [Schelling]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
20957 We don't choose our characters, yet we still claim credit for the actions our characters perform [Schelling]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature
22057 Schelling sought a union between the productivities of nature and of the mind [Schelling, by Bowie]
22031 Schelling made organisms central to nature, because mere mechanism could never produce them [Schelling, by Pinkard]