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Philosophy as Worldly

Ultimate Aims of Philosophy

• Philosophers see all people in the same light [Crates of Thebes] 

• Philosophy offers us guidance [Seneca] 
• Philosophy aims at happiness [Seneca] 

• First the philosopher's life, then the works [Nietzsche] 
• Only develop a philosophy you can live by [Nietzsche] 
• Philosophy must aim at new ways of life [Nietzsche] 
• Philosophers must determine the rank of values [Nietzsche] 

• Philosophy is category-discipline [Ryle] 

• Philosophy aims to understand the world [Dummett] 
• Philosophy must match our commonsense [Lewis] 
• Self-understanding illuminates the world [Gulick] 
• Philosophy must always answer to the facts [Machery] 
•  We need to understand common sense [Thomasson] 

NATURE OF REALITY IS COMMON SENSE [PAN.op]  

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