Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Birth of Tragedy', 'Letters to Fichte' and 'Letters to a Young Clergyman'

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4 ideas

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

7848	Philosophy begins in the horror and absurdity of existence [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

22520

You can't reason someone out of an irrational opinion [Swift]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / g. Contemplation

7071	Life and rationality are pointless if we can only contemplate the freedom of our own ego [Jacobi]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism

7072	Jacobi was the first philosopher to talk of nihilism [Jacobi, by Critchley]