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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Writing the Book of the World' and 'fragments/reports'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
548 Knowledge chosen for its own sake, rather than for results, is wisdom [Aristotle]
11228 Wisdom seeks explanations, causes, and reasons why things are as they are [Aristotle, by Politis]
1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
545 It is not much help if a doctor knows about universals but not the immediate particular [Aristotle]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
549 All philosophy begins from wonder, either at the physical world, or at ideas [Aristotle]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
1576 If each of us can give some logos about parts of nature, our combined efforts can be impressive [Aristotle]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
609 Philosophy is a kind of science that deals with principles [Aristotle]
624 Absolute thinking is the thinking of thinking [Aristotle]
572 Philosophy has different powers from dialectic, and a different life from sophistry [Aristotle]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 4. Divisions of Philosophy
22171 If only natural substances exist, science is first philosophy - but not if there is an immovable substance [Aristotle]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation
11242 Wisdom is knowledge of principles and causes [Aristotle]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
12038 Translate as 'humans all desire by nature to understand' (not as 'to know') [Aristotle, by Annas]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy
559 Even people who go astray in their opinions have contributed something useful [Aristotle]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
15010 Your metaphysics is 'cheating' if your ontology won't support the beliefs you accept [Sider]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
14977 Metaphysics is not about what exists or is true or essential; it is about the structure of reality [Sider]
14994 Extreme doubts about metaphysics also threaten to undermine the science of unobservables [Sider]
1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
15003 It seems unlikely that the way we speak will give insights into the universe [Sider]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
14986 Conceptual analysts trust particular intuitions much more than general ones [Sider]