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Ideas for 'Works of Love', 'Notebooks 1914-1916' and 'Lectures on the Philosophy of (World) History'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

21753	If we look at the world rationally, the world assumes a rational aspect [Hegel]
	Full Idea: Whoever looks at the world rationally will find that it in turn assumes a rational aspect; the two exist in a reciprocal relationship.
	From: Georg W.F.Hegel (Lectures on the Philosophy of (World) History [1837], p.29), quoted by Stephen Houlgate - An Introduction to Hegel 01
	A reaction: What happens when I look at irrationality rationally?

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

18274	Analysis complicates a statement, but only as far as the complexity of its meaning [Wittgenstein]
	Full Idea: Analysis makes the statement more complicated than it was; but it cannot and ought not to make it more complicated than its meaning (Bedeutung) was to begin with. When the statement is as complex as its meaning, then it is completely analysed.
	From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Notebooks 1914-1916 [1915], 46e)
	A reaction: But how do you assess how complex the 'Bedeutung' was before you started?