Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Jeremiah, Johann Gottfried Herder and Matthew Stewart

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

20947

Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

20949

Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

7669	We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

7346	Jeremiah implied a link between weakness and goodness, and the evil of the state [Jeremiah, by Johnson,P]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism

7668	Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 10. Theocracy

7825	The politics of Leibniz was the reunification of Christianity [Stewart,M]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

22920

Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord [Jeremiah]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

22089

Am I a God afar off, and not a God close at hand? [Jeremiah]