Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Concerning the Author', 'reports' and 'Preface to 'Dorian Gray''

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
14767 The demonstrations of the metaphysicians are all moonshine [Peirce]
1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
14764 I am saturated with the spirit of physical science [Peirce]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 3. Fallibilism
14768 Infallibility in science is just a joke [Peirce]
12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 2. Associationism
14765 Association of ideas is the best philosophical idea of the prescientific age [Peirce]
14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory
14766 Duns Scotus offers perhaps the best logic and metaphysics for modern physical science [Peirce]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self
5517 Individuals don't exist, but are conventional names for sets of elements [Buddha]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art
7276 All art is quite useless [Wilde]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
7274 Books are only well or badly written, not moral or immoral [Wilde]
7275 Having ethical sympathies is a bad mannerism of style in an artist [Wilde]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
7600 The Buddha believed the gods would eventually disappear, and Nirvana was much higher [Buddha, by Armstrong,K]
7601 Life is suffering, from which only compassion, gentleness, truth and sobriety can save us [Buddha]