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All the ideas for 'works', 'Philosophical Explanations' and 'Ecce Homo'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
4424 A warlike philosopher challenges problems to single combat [Nietzsche]
5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction
10121 Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs
3570 Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts
2748 A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
2886 The distinction between egoistic and non-egoistic acts is absurd [Nietzsche]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck
4426 A bad result distorts one's judgement about the virtue of what one has done [Nietzsche]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / f. Compassion
4425 The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues [Nietzsche]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self
20132 To become what you are you must have no self-awareness [Nietzsche]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 8. Eternal Recurrence
20144 Eternal recurrence is the highest attainable affirmation [Nietzsche]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching
2889 One repays a teacher badly if one remains only a pupil [Nietzsche]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
2887 I am not an atheist because of reasoning or evidence, but because of instinct [Nietzsche]