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Ideas for 'A Discourse on Method', 'Carnap and Logical Truth' and 'The Tragedy of Reason'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

3600	Slow and accurate thought makes the greatest progress [Descartes]

1606	You have to be a Platonist to debate about reality, so every philosopher is a Platonist [Roochnik]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

1595	Philosophy aims to satisfy the chief human desire - the articulation of beauty itself [Roochnik]

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

3601	Most things in human life seem vain and useless [Descartes]

3602	Almost every daft idea has been expressed by some philosopher [Descartes]