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Three branches of philosophy: first logic, second ethics, third physics (which ends with theology) [Chrysippus]
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Full Idea:
There are three kinds of philosophical theorems, logical, ethical, and physical; of these the logic should be placed first, ethics second, and physics third (and theology is the final topic in physics).
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From:
Chrysippus (fragments/reports [c.240 BCE]), quoted by Plutarch - 70: Stoic Self-contradictions 1035a
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A reaction:
[in his lost 'On Lives' Bk 4] 'Theology is the final topic in physics'! That should create a stir in theology departments. Is this an order of study, or of importance? You come to theology right at the end of your studies.
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The female body, when taken in its entirety, is the Phallus itself [Badiou]
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Full Idea:
The female body, when taken in its entirety, is the Phallus itself.
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From:
Alain Badiou (Briefings on Existence [1998])
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A reaction:
Too good to pass over, too crazy to file sensibly, too creepy to have been filed under humour, my candidate for the weirdest remark I have ever read in a serious philosopher, but no doubt if you read Lacan etc for long enough it looks deeply wise.
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Philosophy has been relieved of physics, cosmology, politics, and now must give up ontology [Badiou]
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Full Idea:
Philosophy has been released from, even relieved of, physics, cosmology, and politics, as well as many other things. It is important for it to be released from ontology per se.
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From:
Alain Badiou (Briefings on Existence [1998], 3)
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A reaction:
A startling proposal, for anyone who thought that ontology was First Philosophy. Badiou wants to hand ontology over to mathematicians, but I am unclear what remains for the philosophers to do.
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