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Ideas for 'Ethical Studies', 'Writing the Book of the World' and 'Writings from Late Notebooks'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

7170	'Wisdom' attempts to get beyond perspectives, making it hostile to life [Nietzsche]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

7167	Words such as 'I' and 'do' and 'done to' are placed at the point where our ignorance begins [Nietzsche]

7196	Pessimism is laughable, because the world cannot be evaluated [Nietzsche]

7137	Is a 'philosopher' now impossible, because knowledge is too vast for an overview? [Nietzsche]

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

7132	Philosophers should create and fight for their concepts, not just clean and clarify them [Nietzsche]

14986

Conceptual analysts trust particular intuitions much more than general ones [Sider]