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Birth of Tragedy ‘Out of the Spirit of Music” by F. Nietzsche (TRM’s notes)
Birth of Tragedy ‘Out of the Spirit of Music” by F. Nietzsche Introduction sui generis a weird hybrid perspicacious Schopenhauer’s pessimistic world view Tristan and Isolde a mystical almost maenadic soul Appoline and the Dionysiac Rausch wisdom of Silenus the illusion of illusions sublime comedy turgitities knowledge (wissenschaft) was preferred to wisdom(weisheit) simulacrum Aristen –Metaphysic…
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notes: The World as Will and Representation Book I by Arthur Schopenhauer(TRM’s notes)
The World as Will and Representation Schopenhauer Book I The world is my representation: this is a truth valid with reference to every living and knowing being, although man alone can bring it into reflective, abstract consciousness. The world is representation. ….sages of India …. the fundamental tenet of the Vedanta school consisted not in…
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‘Wisdom of the West’ by Russell (notes byTRM)
Wisdom of the West by Bertrand Russell Intro: aim is > further inquiry > History of Western Philosophy Prologue philosophy? asking questions a speck of dust or Hamlet – or a combination exploratory process Before Socrates Greeks – curiosity Thales of Miletus 6th century BC Egypt and Mesopotamia > Crete – Knossos Ionians 2000 BC-…
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History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell: Book One – Ancient Philosophy (TRM ‘s notes)
History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell Book One Ancient Philosophy Chapter 1 The Rise of Greek Civilization In all history, nothing is so surprising or so difficult to account for as the sudden rise of civilization in Greece – earlier civilizations in both Egypt and Mesopotamia –…
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Book Two: Russell’s History of Western Philosophy: Catholic Philosophy (TRM notes)
Book Two Catholic Philosophy chpt I p. – Catholic philosophy from Augustine to Renaissance – Built on a ‘creed’ but also a sacred history – The Church – a social institution – A.D. 400 – 1400 – Power and wealth achieved by its creed – The great majority convinced – Church had to fight old…
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