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Single Idea 8107
[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
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Full Idea
What stops or holds us back in metaphysics is a love of certainty.
Gist of Idea
The love of certainty holds us back in metaphysics
Source
Joseph Joubert (Notebooks [1800], 1814)
Book Ref
Joubert,Joseph: 'Notebooks', ed/tr. Auster,Paul [nyrb 2005], p.143
A Reaction
This is a prominent truth from the age of Descartes, but may have diminished in the twenty-first century. The very best metaphysicians (e.g. Aristotle and Lewis) always end in a trail of dots when things become unsure.
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15 ideas
from Joseph Joubert
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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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8100
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Where does the bird's idea of a nest come from?
[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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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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