Ideas from 'Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86' by Friedrich Nietzsche [1886], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)' by Nietzsche,Friedrich (ed/tr Del Caro,Adrian) [Stanford 2020,978-1-5036-0872-6]].
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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Different abilities are needed for living in an incomplete and undogmatic system
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
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Bad writers use shapeless floating splotches of concepts
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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics
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A text has many interpretations, but no 'correct' one
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth
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What is the search for truth if it isn't moral?
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Like all philosophers, I love truth
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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic
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Logic is a fiction, which invents the view that one thought causes another
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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / a. Numbers
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Numbers enable us to manage the world - to the limits of counting
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
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Events are just interpretations of groups of appearances
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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism
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Appearance is the sole reality of things, to which all predicates refer
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12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory
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Memory is essential, and is only possible by means of abbreviation signs
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 5. Coherentism / c. Coherentism critique
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Schematic minds think thoughts are truer if they slot into a scheme
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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Each of our personal drives has its own perspective
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / b. Purpose of mind
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The mind is a simplifying apparatus
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / f. Higher-order thought
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Consciousness is our awareness of our own mental life
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties
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Minds have an excluding drive to scare things off, and a selecting one to filter facts
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving
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The greatest drive of life is to discharge strength, rather than preservation
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism
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That all events are necessary does not mean they are compelled
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts
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Concepts don’t match one thing, but many things a little bit
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Concepts are rough groups of simultaneous sensations
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts
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Whatever their origin, concepts survive by being useful
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Thought starts as ambiguity, in need of interpretation and narrowing
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21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics
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Aesthetics can be more basic than morality, in our pleasure in certain patterns of experience
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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / f. Übermensch
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Caesar and Napoleon point to the future, when they pursue their task regardless of human sacrifice
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Napoleon was very focused, and rightly ignored compassion
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism
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For the strongest people, nihilism gives you wings!
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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State
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The great question is approaching, of how to govern the earth as a whole
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24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / d. Elites
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The controlling morality of aristocracy is the desire to resemble their ancestors
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 14. Nationalism
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People feel united as a nation by one language, but then want a common ancestry and history
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25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights
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To be someone you need property, and wanting more is healthy
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature
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Laws of nature are actually formulas of power relations
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry
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In chemistry every substance pushes, and thus creates new substances
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