{The Metaphysic of Metaphysics}[18th June 1988]

[Redbook5:171][19880618:1855]{The Metaphysic of Metaphysics}[18^th June 1988]

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*'… The number of what may be called viable metaphysical insights is in practice limited: there are varying ways of taking the world as a whole, but not an infinite variety. In the outline account of metaphysical theories given above, six different kinds of view were distinguished, each of which may be said to be grounded in one or more areas of experience. It would be possible to extend the list, but probably not very far; further candidates might well turn out to be no more than variations on themes already considered.

… If these claims are true, they are certainly important; for the facts here adduced suggest that the experiences or visions on which different metaphysicians build are not peculiar to individual minds but occur commonly and regularly. They are not the product of passing moods, seized on and exploited for no good reason, but connect with thoughts that recur repeatedly in sensitive and intelligent reflection.'

The Metaphysic of Metaphysics.

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	Idealism	{→?}	C~		Thomism
	(Hegel etc.)	\R~		S~/	(Aquinas)
Platonism	= G~		+		M~ =	Aristotelianism
		/J~	{-?---→ }	U~\
	(Des)Cartesianism		A~	←?--	Materialism
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Bingo!

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*E[ncyclopaedia ]B[ritannica] [(15^th Ed)] XXIV.18

**cf VIII. [[Redbook8:191][19910127:0013]{Socrates, Plato and Aristotle [– Socrates & Plato]}[27th January 1991]ff, & esp [Redbook8:191][19910127:0013c]{Socrates, Plato and Aristotle [continued] [– Arisototle]}[27th January 1991],<20230118>] 191

cf V. [[Redbook5:205][19880702:2002]{Aristotelian Art}[2nd July 1988],] 205,

VI. [[Redbook6:77][19890104:1933c]{Aristotelian Art}[4th January 1989],<20190409>] 77

[But cf [Redbook9:101][19910414:1104g]{Plato on Poets}[14th April 1991]<20240503(nyp>]

***BUT SEE [Redbook5:350][19880908:1730]{Faith and Reason}[8th September 1988]ff,] 350 – One of the problems is Descartes' rationality v. Empiricism. <880908>

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