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All the ideas for 'On Motion', 'Logological Fragments II' and 'The Human Body is a sort of Machine'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation

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The highest aim of philosophy is to combine all philosophies into a unity [Novalis]

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Philosophy relies on our whole system of learning, and can thus never be complete [Novalis]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

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Philosophers feed on problems, hoping they are digestible, and spiced with paradox [Novalis]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Philosophy aims to produce a priori an absolute and artistic world system [Novalis]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 8. Logic of Mathematics

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Logic (the theory of relations) should be applied to mathematics [Novalis]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes

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A machine is best defined by its final cause, which explains the roles of the parts [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 1. Relativity / a. Special relativity

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Motion is not absolute, but consists in relation [Leibniz]