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Ideas for 'The Origin of the Work of Art', 'Politics' and 'Substance'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

2845	Free and great-souled men do not keep asking "what is the use of it?" [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: To be constantly asking 'what is the use of it?' is unbecoming to those of great soul, and unworthy of free men.
	From: Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1338b01)
	A reaction: Love this one! It is not just philosophers who keep hearing this question. Pure mathematics, history, literature, even carpentry if you are not going to be a carpenter.

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

15585	Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]
	Full Idea: In his later work Heidegger came to view philosophy as closer to poetry than to science.
	From: report of Martin Heidegger (The Origin of the Work of Art [1935], p.178) by Richard Polt - Heidegger: an introduction 5 'Signs'