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Single Idea 22337
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
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Full Idea
Philosophy has in a sense to keep trying to return to the beginning.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy must keep returning to the beginning
Source
Iris Murdoch (The Sovereignty of Good [1970], I)
Book Ref
Murdoch,Iris: 'The Sovereignty of Good' [RKP 1974], p.1
A Reaction
This is a sign that philosophy is not like other subjects, and indicates that although the puzzles are not solved, they won't go away. Also that, unlike most other subjects, the pre-suppositions are not part of the subject.
The
15 ideas
from 'The Sovereignty of Good'
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23563
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Philosophy moves continually between elaborate theories and the obvious facts
[Murdoch]
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22338
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An unexamined life can be virtuous
[Murdoch]
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22337
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Philosophy must keep returning to the beginning
[Murdoch]
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22341
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Literature is the most important aspect of culture, because it teaches understanding of living
[Murdoch]
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22339
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Love is a central concept in morals
[Murdoch]
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22343
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If I attend properly I will have no choices
[Murdoch]
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22340
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It is hard to learn goodness from others, because their virtues are part of their personal history
[Murdoch]
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22342
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Kantian existentialists care greatly for reasons for action, whereas Surrealists care nothing
[Murdoch]
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22345
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Moral philosophy needs a central concept with all the traditional attributes of God
[Murdoch]
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22348
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Ordinary human love is good evidence of transcendent goodness
[Murdoch]
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22347
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Appreciating beauty in art or nature opens up the good life, by restricting selfishness
[Murdoch]
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22346
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Moral reflection and experience gradually reveals unity in the moral world
[Murdoch]
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22351
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Only a philosopher might think choices create values
[Murdoch]
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22350
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Only trivial virtues can be possessed on their own
[Murdoch]
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22349
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Art trains us in the love of virtue
[Murdoch]
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