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Ideas for 'From an Ontological Point of View', 'Launching Points to the Realm of the Mind' and 'Nature and Utility of Religion'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

18450	Philosophy has its own mode of death, by separating soul from body [Porphyry]
	Full Idea: There is a double death. One, known by all men, consists in the separation of the body with the soul; the other, characteristic of philosophers, results in the separation of the soul from the body.
	From: Porphyry (Launching Points to the Realm of the Mind [c.280], 1Enn9 3)

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

7001	If you begin philosophy with language, you find yourself trapped in it [Heil]
	Full Idea: If you start with language and try to work your way outwards, you will never get outside language.
	From: John Heil (From an Ontological Point of View [2003], Pref)
	A reaction: This voices my pessimism about the linguistic approach to philosophy (and I don't just mean analysis of ordinary language), though I wonder if the career of (say) John Searle is a counterexample.