Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Speussipus, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and William Shakespeare

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

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Philosophers are marked by a joint love of evidence and ambiguity [Merleau-Ponty]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8658	For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently [Shakespeare]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

22708

Good reasons must give way to better [Shakespeare]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

594	Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito

21862

Consciousness is based on 'I can', not on 'I think' [Merleau-Ponty]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 5. Interpretation

20750

The mind does not unite perceptions, because they flow into one another [Merleau-Ponty]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / b. Volitionism

20304

The cause of my action is in my will [Shakespeare]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war

23565

Our obedience to the king erases any crimes we commit for him [Shakespeare]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

2632	Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero]