Ideas from 'Unpublished Notebooks 1884-85' by Friedrich Nietzsche [1884], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Fragments from 1884-85 (v 15)' by Nietzsche,Friedrich (ed/tr Loeb,P.S./Tinsley,D.F.) [Stanford 2022,]].
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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy
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All the major problems were formulated before Socrates
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
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What matters is how humans can be developed
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
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Thinkers might agree some provisional truths, as methodological assumptions
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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Aristotle enjoyed the sham generalities of a system, as the peak of happiness!
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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics
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Thoughts are uncertain, and are just occasions for interpretation
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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 3. If-Thenism
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Mathematics is just accurate inferences from definitions, and doesn't involve objects
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being
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There is no 'being'; it is just the opposition to nothingness
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 5. Naturalism
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I only want thinking that is anchored in body, senses and earth
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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
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We can only understand through concepts, which subsume particulars in generalities
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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 11. Denying the A Priori
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Strongly believed a priori is not certain; it may just be a feature of our existence
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12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 6. Inference in Perception
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An affirmative belief is present in every basic sense impression
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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We now have innumerable perspectives to draw on
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties
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Mind is a mechanism of abstraction and simplification, aimed at control
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16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection
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A cognitive mechanism wanting to know itself is absurd!
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16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 1. Self as Indeterminate
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A 'person' is just one possible abstraction from a bundle of qualities
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / b. Fate
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I have perfected fatalism, as recurrence and denial of the will
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Fate is inspiring, if you understand you are part of it
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts
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We start with images, then words, and then concepts, to which emotions attach
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 4. Responsibility for Actions
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Judging actions by intentions - like judging painters by their thoughts!
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
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Values need a perspective, of preserving some aspect of life
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
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If you love something, it is connected with everything, so all must be affirmed as good
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22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
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Egoism should not assume that all egos are equal
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / d. Virtue theory critique
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After Socrates virtue is misunderstood, as good for all, not for individuals
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
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We contain multitudes of characters, which can brought into the open
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 8. Eternal Recurrence
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Who can endure the thought of eternal recurrence?
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If you want one experience repeated, you must want all of them
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24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 4. Citizenship
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Humans are determined by community, so its preservation is their most valued drive
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 1. Slavery
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There is always slavery, whether we like it or not
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25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history
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After history following God, or a people, or an idea, we now see it in terms of animals
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26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 7. Eliminating causation
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Cause and effect is a hypothesis, based on our supposed willing of actions
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / a. Absolute time
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Having a sense of time presupposes absolute time
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