Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity'', 'Fragments' and 'Papers of 1906'

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5 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms

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Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

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Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]

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

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'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 6. Judgement / b. Error

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To explain false belief we should take belief as relating to a proposition's parts, not to the whole thing [Russell]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history

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Dividing history books into separate chapters is disastrous [Weil]