Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'The Philosophical Culture' and 'Of the standard of taste'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

1489	Modern philosophy tends to be a theory-constructing extension of science, but there is also problem-solving [Nagel]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude

18552

Forget about beauty; just concentrate on the virtues of delicacy and discernment admired in critics [Hume, by Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 3. Taste

6608	Strong sense, delicate sentiment, practice, comparisons, and lack of prejudice, are all needed for good taste [Hume]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

16713

Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]