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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Towards a Critique of Hegel's Philosophy' and 'Ambitious, yet modest, Metaphysics'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy

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All philosophies presuppose their historical moment, and arise from it [Feuerbach]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

19442

I don't study Plato for his own sake; the primary aim is always understanding [Feuerbach]

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

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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]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

19444

Each proposition has an antithesis, and truth exists as its refutation [Feuerbach]

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A dialectician has to be his own opponent [Feuerbach]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

19443

Truth forges an impersonal unity between people [Feuerbach]

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

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

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / e. Ontological commitment problems

19446

To our consciousness it is language which looks unreal [Feuerbach]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

19447

The Absolute is the 'and' which unites 'spirit and nature' [Feuerbach]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

7903	The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]