42 ideas
24146 | All the major problems were formulated before Socrates [Nietzsche] |
24142 | What matters is how humans can be developed [Nietzsche] |
24143 | Thinkers might agree some provisional truths, as methodological assumptions [Nietzsche] |
6848 | Humour is practically enacted philosophy [Critchley] |
6847 | Humour can give a phenomenological account of existence, and point to change [Critchley] |
24125 | Aristotle enjoyed the sham generalities of a system, as the peak of happiness! [Nietzsche] |
6844 | Scientism is the view that everything can be explained causally through scientific method [Critchley] |
6835 | German idealism aimed to find a unifying principle for Kant's various dualisms [Critchley] |
6837 | Since Hegel, continental philosophy has been linked with social and historical enquiry. [Critchley] |
6836 | Continental philosophy fights the threatened nihilism in the critique of reason [Critchley] |
6838 | Continental philosophy is based on critique, praxis and emancipation [Critchley] |
6845 | Continental philosophy has a bad tendency to offer 'one big thing' to explain everything [Critchley] |
6846 | Phenomenology is a technique of redescription which clarifies our social world [Critchley] |
24147 | Thoughts are uncertain, and are just occasions for interpretation [Nietzsche] |
24137 | Mathematics is just accurate inferences from definitions, and doesn't involve objects [Nietzsche] |
24131 | There is no 'being'; it is just the opposition to nothingness [Nietzsche] |
24151 | I only want thinking that is anchored in body, senses and earth [Nietzsche] |
24150 | We can only understand through concepts, which subsume particulars in generalities [Nietzsche] |
24138 | Strongly believed a priori is not certain; it may just be a feature of our existence [Nietzsche] |
24130 | An affirmative belief is present in every basic sense impression [Nietzsche] |
24124 | We now have innumerable perspectives to draw on [Nietzsche] |
24145 | Mind is a mechanism of abstraction and simplification, aimed at control [Nietzsche] |
24144 | A cognitive mechanism wanting to know itself is absurd! [Nietzsche] |
24139 | A 'person' is just one possible abstraction from a bundle of qualities [Nietzsche] |
24133 | I have perfected fatalism, as recurrence and denial of the will [Nietzsche] |
24152 | Fate is inspiring, if you understand you are part of it [Nietzsche] |
24129 | We start with images, then words, and then concepts, to which emotions attach [Nietzsche] |
24127 | Judging actions by intentions - like judging painters by their thoughts! [Nietzsche] |
6017 | Nomos is king [Pindar] |
24149 | Values need a perspective, of preserving some aspect of life [Nietzsche] |
24148 | If you love something, it is connected with everything, so all must be affirmed as good [Nietzsche] |
24135 | Egoism should not assume that all egos are equal [Nietzsche] |
24132 | After Socrates virtue is misunderstood, as good for all, not for individuals [Nietzsche] |
24126 | We contain multitudes of characters, which can brought into the open [Nietzsche] |
6843 | Perceiving meaninglessness is an achievement, which can transform daily life [Critchley] |
24136 | Who can endure the thought of eternal recurrence? [Nietzsche] |
24154 | If you want one experience repeated, you must want all of them [Nietzsche] |
24153 | Humans are determined by community, so its preservation is their most valued drive [Nietzsche] |
24134 | There is always slavery, whether we like it or not [Nietzsche] |
24128 | After history following God, or a people, or an idea, we now see it in terms of animals [Nietzsche] |
24140 | Cause and effect is a hypothesis, based on our supposed willing of actions [Nietzsche] |
24141 | Having a sense of time presupposes absolute time [Nietzsche] |