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Single Idea 2899
[filed under theme 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality
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Full Idea
The fanaticism with which the whole of Greek thought throws itself at rationality betrays itself as a state of emergency: one was in peril, one had only one choice: either to perish or- be absurdly rational.
Gist of Idea
The fanatical rationality of Greek philosophy shows that they were in a state of emergency
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 1.10)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ', ed/tr. Hollingdale,R.J. [Penguin 1972], p.33
The
14 ideas
with the same theme
[human capacity to reason]:
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23252
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Socrates first proposed that we are run by mind or reason
[Socrates, by Frede,M]
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23307
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Aristotle makes belief a part of reason, but sees desires as separate
[Aristotle, by Sorabji]
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72
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Assume our reason is in two parts, one for permanent first principles, and one for variable things
[Aristotle]
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23311
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Aristotle sees reason as much more specific than our more everyday concept of it
[Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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4017
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Descartes created the modern view of rationality, as an internal feature instead of an external vision
[Descartes, by Taylor,C]
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19221
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Everybody overrates their own reasoning, so it is clearly superficial
[Peirce]
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2899
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The fanatical rationality of Greek philosophy shows that they were in a state of emergency
[Nietzsche]
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22643
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It seems that we feel rational when we detect no irrationality
[James]
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9591
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The human intellect has not been, and cannot be, fully formalized
[Nagel/Newman]
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23438
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Full rationality must include morality
[Foot]
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7611
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Rationality is one part of our conception of human flourishing
[Putnam]
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6651
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People are wildly inaccurate in estimating probabilities about an observed event
[Lowe]
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6652
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'Base rate neglect' makes people favour the evidence over its background
[Lowe]
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6555
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We are also irrational, with a unique ability to believe in bizarre self-created fictions
[Fogelin]
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