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Problem (n.) multiply ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠into an incessant "carnival" whenever a question is merely recited — colorful, changing objections that strike no one and by which no one is struck.

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A Problem (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what the machinational age has instead of the question-worthy: a difficulty that exists only to be overcome.

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A Problem (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠philosophy is never an isolated item to line up beside others; each carries pointers forward and backward into the whole context of principles.

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A Problem (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a question whose answer dare not bind anyone, since it at once becomes a problem again — proof that nothing is immune to dissolution.

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A Problem (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠preserved only by being transformed: to repeat a problem is to free the powers concealed in it, not to take up what is in vogue.