Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'later work', 'Preface to Universal Characteristic' and 'Hermeneutics: a very short introduction'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

2118	All other human gifts can harm us, but not correct reasoning [Leibniz]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 6. Deconstruction

6840	Derrida came to believe in the undeconstructability of justice, which cannot be relativised [Derrida, by Critchley]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity

20923

We take part in objective truth, rather than observe it from a distance [Zimmermann,J]

20926

Hermeneutic knowledge is not objective, but embraces interpretations [Zimmermann,J]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

20924

In phenomenology, all perception is 'seeing as' [Zimmermann,J]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

20927

The hermeneutic circle is between the reader's self-understanding, and the world of the text [Zimmermann,J]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / c. A unified people

21936

A community must consist of singular persons, with nothing in common [Derrida, by Glendinning]

21937

Can there be democratic friendship without us all becoming identical? [Derrida, by Glendinning]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law

20933

Natural law theorists fear that without morality, law could be based on efficiency [Zimmermann,J]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism

20929

Traditionally, God dictated the Torah to Moses, unlike the later biblical writings [Zimmermann,J]