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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
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19693
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There is practical wisdom (for action), and theoretical wisdom (for deep understanding) [Aristotle, by Whitcomb]
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
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19608
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Wisdom is just the last gasp of a dying civilization [Cioran]
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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 1. History of Ideas
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19624
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Intelligence only fully flourishes at the end of a historical period [Cioran]
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19599
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Ideas are neutral, but people fill them with passion and weakness [Cioran]
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19631
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The history of ideas (and deeds) occurs in a meaningless environment [Cioran]
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19645
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Some thinkers would have been just as dynamic, no matter when they had lived [Cioran]
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19629
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A nation gives expression to its sum of values, and is then exhausted [Cioran]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / c. Philosophy as generalisation
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Philosophy aims to provide a theory of everything [Scruton]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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I abandoned philosophy because it didn't acknowledge melancholy and human weakness [Cioran]
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19621
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Originality in philosophy is just the invention of terms [Cioran]
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The mind is superficial, only concerned with the arrangement of events, not their significance [Cioran]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
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Metaphysics is a universalisation of physical anguish [Cioran]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems
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Great systems of philosophy are just brilliant tautologies [Cioran]
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 3. Analysis of Preconditions
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If p entails q, then p is sufficient for q, and q is necessary for p [Scruton]
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