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All the ideas for 'reports', 'works' and 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism'

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13 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy

22070

Irony is consciousness of abundant chaos [Schlegel,F]

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

22069

Plato has no system. Philosophy is the progression of a mind and development of thoughts [Schlegel,F]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

22068

Poetry is transcendental when it connects the ideal to the real [Schlegel,F]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

22030

For poets free choice is supreme [Schlegel,F]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

22071

True love is ironic, in the contrast between finite limitations and the infinity of love [Schlegel,F]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

20725

The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [Weber]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

22029

Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment [Schlegel,F, by Pinkard]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

20722

Acquisition and low consumption lead to saving, investment, and increased wealth [Weber]

20724

When asceticism emerged from the monasteries, it helped to drive the modern economy [Weber]

20717

Capitalism is not unlimited greed, and may even be opposed to greed [Weber]

20718

Modern western capitalism has free labour, business separate from household, and book-keeping [Weber]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

20719

Punish the heretic, but be indulgent to the sinner [Weber]