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Full Idea
An intellect that could see cause and effect as a continuum and a flux, and not, as we do, in terms of an arbitrary division and dismemberment, would repudiate the concept of cause and effect.
Gist of Idea
A mind that could see cause and effect as a continuum would deny cause and effect
Source
John Richardson (Nietzsche's System [2002], §112)
Book Ref
Richardson,John: 'Nietzsche's System' [OUP 2002], p.173
A Reaction
Maybe we do see it as a continuum? The racket swings and the ball is propelled, but the contact is a unity, not two separate events.
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20351 | Metaphysics needs systems, because analysis just obsesses over details [Richardson] |
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