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'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'The Universe as We Find It' and 'The Ethics'
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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The wisdom of a free man is a meditation on life, not on death [Spinoza]
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If we are not wholly wise, we should live by good rules and maxims [Spinoza]
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
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The best philosophers I know are the best people I know [Heil]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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Using a technical vocabulary actually prevents discussion of the presuppositions [Heil]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics
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Questions of explanation should not be confused with metaphyics [Heil]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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Without abstraction we couldn't think systematically [Heil]
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Metaphysics aims to identify categories of being, and show their interdependency [Lowe]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual
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Philosophy aims not at the 'analysis of concepts', but at understanding the essences of things [Lowe]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis
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We must be careful to keep words distinct from ideas and images [Spinoza]
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