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Ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'Recent Debates on the A Priori' and 'Reflections on Value'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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All thought about values is philosophical, and thought about anything else is not philosophy [Weil]

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

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Philosophy aims to change the soul, not to accumulate knowledge [Weil]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Systems are not unique to each philosopher. The platonist tradition is old and continuous [Weil]