If we are going to consider Thomas Nagel's way of thinking and incorporate it into our definition of philosophy, we should consider his statement that was published in the New York Review of Books. He says, "Philosophy, unlike most other subjects, does not try to extend our knowledge by discovering new information about the world. ... By this he means that most other things broaden our knowledge; however, philosophy makes us look deeper into something .a form or idea. ... Aristotle believes that something is good when it ends in the means which was intended. Aristotle argued that the ...

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His practice was to dismiss the works of Aristotle, and start with a fresh approach. ... He studied the classics, logic, medicine, and traditional Aristotelian philosophy until 1612. ... Philosophy can be looked at two ways (well, historically), before Descartes, and after Descartes. Before him, Aristotelian philosophy was the prevalent form of philosophy. ... This is why he known as the father of modern philosophy. ...

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