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Single Idea 8099
[filed under theme 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
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Full Idea
There are truths that instruct, perhaps, but they do not illuminate. In this class are all the truths of reasoning.
Gist of Idea
The truths of reason instruct, but they do not illuminate
Source
Joseph Joubert (Notebooks [1800], 1800)
Book Ref
Joubert,Joseph: 'Notebooks', ed/tr. Auster,Paul [nyrb 2005], p.60
A Reaction
A rather romantic view, which strikes me as false. An inspiring truth can suddenly collapse when you see why it must be false. Equally a line of reasoning can lead to a truth which need becomes an illumination.
The
15 ideas
from 'Notebooks'
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8093
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Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier
[Joubert]
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8094
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The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye
[Joubert]
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8095
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We must think with our entire body and soul
[Joubert]
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8096
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He gives his body up to pleasure, but not his soul
[Joubert]
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8097
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Virtue is hard if we are scorned; we need support
[Joubert]
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8099
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The truths of reason instruct, but they do not illuminate
[Joubert]
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8098
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Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has
[Joubert]
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8101
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To know is to see inside oneself
[Joubert]
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8100
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Where does the bird's idea of a nest come from?
[Joubert]
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8103
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A thought is as real as a cannon ball
[Joubert]
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8102
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We cannot speak against Christianity without anger, or speak for it without love
[Joubert]
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8104
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What will you think of pleasures when you no longer enjoy them?
[Joubert]
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8105
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We can't exactly conceive virtue without the idea of God
[Joubert]
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8106
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In raising a child we must think of his old age
[Joubert]
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8107
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The love of certainty holds us back in metaphysics
[Joubert]
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