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Ideas for 'Theaetetus', 'Literature and Morals' and 'The Question of Realism'

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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 / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics

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If metaphysics can't be settled, it hardly matters whether it makes sense [Fine,K]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

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'Quietist' says abandon metaphysics because answers are unattainable (as in Kant's noumenon) [Fine,K]

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

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

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