Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Laches', 'Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science' and 'The Origin of the Work of Art'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

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Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / j. Explanations by reduction

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Science is the reduction of diverse forces and powers to a smaller number that explain them [Kant]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]