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Ideas for 'Twilight of the Idols', 'Perception' and 'Letter to Menoeceus'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

2909	Thinking has to be learned in the way dancing has to be learned [Nietzsche]
	Full Idea: Thinking has to be learned in the way dancing has to be learned.
	From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Twilight of the Idols [1889], 7.7)
	A reaction: Nice. At its deepest level thinking isn't a rational process?

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

14052	Begin philosophy when you are young, and keep going when you are old [Epicurus]
	Full Idea: Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old; for no one is either too young or too old for the health of the soul.
	From: Epicurus (Letter to Menoeceus [c.291 BCE], 122)
	A reaction: I agree with this on both accounts. I think the correct age to begin the study of philosophy is four, and it is vital to continue its study up to the point where you can no longer remember your own name. 'Health of the soul' sounds right too.