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Ideas for 'A Discourse on Method', 'Reportatio' and 'The Sentiment of Rationality'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom

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It is wisdom to believe what you desire, because belief is needed to achieve it [James]

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

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All good philosophers start from a dumb conviction about which truths can be revealed [James]

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

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]

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

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A complete system is just a classification of the whole world's ingredients [James]