| A priori method: | are universal laws of nature. A priori means without experience |
| Cogito ergo sum | “I think therefore I am” Descartes argues that one must doubt everything that one cannot be absolutely sure of. Descartes contends that the only thing humans can be sure of is their own existence. From there on they must form clear and distinct ideas to discover truth. For example, I have a clear and distinct idea of a perfect being. Thus the perfect being, or God, must exist |
| Ethics of belief: | Clifford, consider the consequences of all of your beliefs it’s not consequences it’s an example that your having and the intentions. You must inquire all of the consequences before doing it. Ship owner |
| Perice on the value of doubt: | you have to doubt everything, it keeps you objective and forces inquiry. |
| Spirit of Gravity: | You always have something bringing you down and you’ve got to keep a positive attitude. Like the hunchback |
| Spirit of Revenge | Human beings are prone to the spirit of revenge, attitude adjustment. |
| Transcendental argument | direct evidence to the existence of a transcendent thing. a transcendental argument looks for the necessary prior condition s to both the fact and experience of x. |
| Zarathustra’s most abysmal thought: | Small man, the last man, will also eternally return, the last man lives the longest. |
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