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All the ideas for 'A Puzzle Concerning Matter and Form', 'Logological Fragments II' and 'fragments/reports'

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10 ideas

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

19588

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

19598

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

19586

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

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

19587

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

19597

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

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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The possible Aristotelian view that forms are real and active principles is clearly wrong [Fine,K, by Pasnau]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

536	We should follow the law in public, and nature in private [Antiphon]

1557	To gain the greatest advantage only treat law as important when other people are present [Antiphon]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

540	The way you spend your time will form your character [Antiphon]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 2. Anarchism

539	Nothing is worse for mankind than anarchy [Antiphon]