Ideas from 'Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74' by Friedrich Nietzsche [1873], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Unpublished of 'Unfashionable Obs' period (v 11)' by Nietzsche,Friedrich (ed/tr Gray,Richard T.) [Stanford 1995,0-8047-3648-0]].
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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Wisdom prevents us from being ruled by the moment
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
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Unlike science, true wisdom involves good taste
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
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Suffering is the meaning of existence
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
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Philosophy ennobles the world, by producing an artistic conception of our knowledge
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
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The first aim of a philosopher is a life, not some works
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You should only develop a philosophy if you are willing to live by it
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / f. Philosophy as healing
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Philosophy is pointless if it does not advocate, and live, a new way of life
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy
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Philosophy is more valuable than much of science, because of its beauty
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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It would better if there was no thought
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Why do people want philosophers?
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Philosophy is always secondary, because it cannot support a popular culture
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 7. Against Metaphysics
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Kant has undermined our belief in metaphysics
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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism
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If philosophy controls science, then it has to determine its scope, and its value
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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic
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Logic is just slavery to language
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
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If some sort of experience is at the root of matter, then human knowledge is close to its essence
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / a. Beliefs
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Belief matters more than knowledge, and only begins when knowledge ceases
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11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 1. Perceptual Realism / b. Direct realism
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It always remains possible that the world just is the way it appears
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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Our knowledge is illogical, because it rests on false identities between things
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The most extreme scepticism is when you even give up logic
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14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation
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If we find a hypothesis that explains many things, we conclude that it explains everything
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties
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Our primary faculty is perception of structure, as when looking in a mirror
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 9. Perceiving Causation
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We experience causation between willing and acting, and thereby explain conjunctions of changes
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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique
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It is just madness to think that the mind is supernatural (or even divine!)
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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
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The shortest path to happiness is forgetfulness, the path of animals (but of little value)
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles
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Education is contrary to human nature
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history
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We should evaluate the past morally
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25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights
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Protest against vivisection - living things should not become objects of scientific investigation
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 3. Final causes
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We do not know the nature of one single causality
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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Laws of nature are merely complex networks of relations
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29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 2. Greek Polytheism
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The Greeks lack a normative theology: each person has their own poetic view of things
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