POLSCI 3CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Young Goethe In Love
31 Jan 2018
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Four errors: confusing cause and consequence (26) Nature isn t hard, what is hard is pushing against nature: error of false causality (27) We re always trying to explain things to make them seem tolerable. We need god to explain the difference between killing a child and spilling your coffee. We explain things as they relate to ourselves. Begins with the i and is projected outwards. Everything in life is not about you (28). The idea of the the thing stems from the cartesian idea of the i. You start with yourself, and assume everything exists from the fact that you can observe it: error of imaginary causes. We explain away our experiences as if there is meaning because any explanation is better than none. When we can t explain it out of ourselves (2), we invent god: free will (32) A trick invented by degenerates like socrates to hold back the nobles through the invention of guilt.
