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| | for concrete definitions and explicit demonstrations, gradually leading to | | for concrete definitions and explicit demonstrations, gradually leading to |
| | primitive elements of more and more durable utilities. | | primitive elements of more and more durable utilities. |
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| − | =====1.3.5.4. A Forged Bond=====
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| − | | The form counts as something enduring and therefore more valuable;
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| − | | but the form has merely been invented by us; and however often
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| − | | "the same form is attained", it does not mean that it is the
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| − | | same form -- what appears is always something new, and it
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| − | | is only we, who are always comparing, who include the new,
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| − | | to the extent that it is similar to the old, in the unity of
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| − | | the "form". As if a type should be attained and, as it were,
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| − | | was intended by and inherent in the process of formation.
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| − | | (Nietzsche, 'The Will to Power', S 521, 282).
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| − | A unity can be forged among the methods by noticing the following
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| − | connections among them. All the while that one proceeds deductively,
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| − | the primitive elements, the definitions and the axioms, must still be
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| − | introduced hypothetically, notwithstanding the support they get from
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| − | common sense and widespread assent. And the whole symbolic system
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| − | that is constructed through hypothesis and deduction must still be
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| − | tested in experience to see if it serves any purpose to maintain it.
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