Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On Medical Experience', 'Ancient Thought in Modern Physics' and 'Last Fragments'

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7 ideas

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

19594

General statements about nature are not valid [Novalis]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

6552	You can only explain the qualities of large objects using entities which lack those qualities [Heisenberg]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

19596

The whole body is involved in the formation of thoughts [Novalis]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

7453	Galen's medicine followed the mean; each illness was balanced by opposite treatment [Galen, by Hacking]

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

19593

Persons are shaped by a life history; splendid persons are shaped by world history [Novalis]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

19595

Nature is a whole, and its individual parts cannot be wholly understood [Novalis]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature

19592

The basic relations of nature are musical [Novalis]