Ideas of Gilles Deleuze, by Theme
[French, 1925 - 1995, Professor at the University of Paris VII.]
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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 1. History of Ideas
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21852
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Nomads are the basis of history, and yet almost unknowable
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy
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21844
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The history of philosophy is an agent of power: how can you think if you haven't read the great names?
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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21849
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Thought should be thrown like a stone from a war-machine
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
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21845
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Philosophy aims to become the official language, supporting orthodoxy and the state
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
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21839
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When I meet objections I just move on; they never contribute anything
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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy
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21901
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'Difference' refers to that which eludes capture [May]
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21841
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We must create new words, and treat them as normal, and as if designating real things.
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic
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21842
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Don't assess ideas for truth or justice; look for another idea, and establish a relationship with it
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Dualisms can be undone from within, by tracing connections, and drawing them to a new path
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 2. Aporiai
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21838
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Before we seek solutions, it is important to invent problems
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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21902
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'Being' is univocal, but its subject matter is actually 'difference'
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21908
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Ontology can be continual creation, not to know being, but to probe the unknowable
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming
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There is no being beyond becoming
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being
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Ontology does not tell what there is; it is just a strange adventure [May]
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21904
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Being is a problem to be engaged, not solved, and needs a new mode of thinking [May]
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21847
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Before Being there is politics
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
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21907
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We don't want another new set of categories; we want a variety of flexible categories [May]
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind
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21840
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A meeting of man and animal can be deterritorialization (like a wasp with an orchid)
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 1. Self as Indeterminate
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21843
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People consist of many undetermined lines, some rigid, some supple, some 'lines of flight'
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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism
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We are currently extending capitalism to the whole of society
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 2. Freedom of belief
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21848
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Some lines (of flight) are becomings which escape the system
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / a. Just wars
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21851
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The State requires self-preservation, but the war-machine desires destruction
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