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All the ideas for 'The Birth of Tragedy', 'Ambitious, yet modest, Metaphysics' and 'Zettel'

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7 ideas

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

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

2626	A philosopher is outside any community of ideas [Wittgenstein]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science

16415

Esoteric metaphysics aims to be top science, investigating ultimate reality [Hofweber]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics

16413

Science has discovered properties of things, so there are properties - so who needs metaphysics? [Hofweber]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification

16416

The quantifier in logic is not like the ordinary English one (which has empty names, non-denoting terms etc) [Hofweber]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

6569	'This sentence is false' sends us in a looping search for its proposition [Wittgenstein, by Fogelin]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 2. Causal Justification

3790	Causes of beliefs are irrelevant to their contents [Wittgenstein]