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'Parmenides', 'Laughter' and 'The World as Will and Idea'
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
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Philosophy considers only the universal, in nature as everywhere else [Schopenhauer]
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Everyone is conscious of all philosophical truths, but philosophers bring them to conceptual awareness [Schopenhauer]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour
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Since only men laugh, it seems to be an attribute of reason [Scruton]
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Objects of amusement do not have to be real [Scruton]
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Absurdity is incongruity between correct and false points of view [Schopenhauer]
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Amusement rests on superiority, or relief, or incongruity [Scruton]
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The central object of amusement is the human [Scruton]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science
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Metaphysics must understand the world thoroughly, as a principal source of knowledge [Schopenhauer]
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