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All the ideas for 'Matter and Memory', 'Reflections on Knowledge, Truth and Ideas' and 'Logological Fragments II'

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11 ideas

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

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

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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

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

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

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Philosophy aims to produce a priori an absolute and artistic world system [Novalis]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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'Nominal' definitions just list distinguishing characteristics [Leibniz]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 8. Logic of Mathematics

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

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming

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Bergson was a rallying point, because he emphasised becomings and multiplicities [Bergson, by Deleuze]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Knowledge needs clarity, distinctness, and adequacy, and it should be intuitive [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory

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Bergson showed that memory is not after the event, but coexists with it [Bergson, by Deleuze]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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True ideas represent what is possible; false ideas represent contradictions [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 2. Types of cause

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In the schools the Four Causes are just lumped together in a very obscure way [Leibniz]