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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'New Essays on Human Understanding' and 'fragments/reports'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Perception an open hand, a fist is 'grasping', and holding that fist is knowledge [Zeno of Citium, by Long]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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We understand things when they are distinct, and we can derive necessities from them [Leibniz]

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Understanding grasps the agreements and disagreements of ideas [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

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A grasp by the senses is true, because it leaves nothing out, and so nature endorses it [Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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Certainty is where practical doubt is insane, or at least blameworthy [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 5. Cogito Critique

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I know more than I think, since I know I think A then B then C [Leibniz]

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The Cogito doesn't prove existence, because 'I am thinking' already includes 'I am' [Leibniz]