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Ideas for 'Theaetetus', 'Rules for the Direction of the Mind' and 'Reflections on Value'

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

23881

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

23885

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

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

2056	Philosophers are always switching direction to something more interesting [Plato]

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

23886

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

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 2. Analysis by Division

2086	Understanding mainly involves knowing the elements, not their combinations [Plato]

2083	Either a syllable is its letters (making parts as knowable as whole) or it isn't (meaning it has no parts) [Plato]