Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Letters' and 'Introduction to Philosophical Papers I'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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I tried to be unsystematic and piecemeal, but failed; my papers presuppose my other views [Lewis]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions

23903

When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

3031	The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]

25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality

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Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 5. Bible

23904

The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

23902

I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil]