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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Philosophy and Scientific Image of Man' and 'Principle Doctrines ('Kuriai Doxai') (frags)'

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

14518	In the study of philosophy, pleasure and knowledge arrive simultaneously [Epicurus]
	Full Idea: In philosophy the pleasure accompanies the knowledge. For the enjoyment does not come after the learning but the learning and the enjoyment are simultaneous.
	From: Epicurus (Principle Doctrines ('Kuriai Doxai') (frags) [c.290 BCE], 27)

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation

21829	Philosophy aims to understand how things (broadly understood) hang together (broadly understood) [Sellars]
	Full Idea: The aim of philosophy, abstractly formulated, is to understand how things in the broadest possible sense of the term hang together in the broadest possible sense of the term.
	From: Wilfrid Sellars (Philosophy and Scientific Image of Man [1962], p.3), quoted by Owen Flanagan - The Really Hard Problem 1 'Vocation'
	A reaction: I'm happier with broad things than broad hanging together, but to me this sounds about right.