The core of inquiry
The nine questions build on each other, allowing for exploration of literature, history, philosophy, and mathematics. Classical scholarly inquiry has sought to answer these questions for millennia.
Canonicity
What belongs in the canon of a given field?
Truth
What is the nature of objective truth?
Responsibility
What is the moral obligation of the scholar? Of the learner?
Linguistic aesthetics
What makes language beautiful?
The good life
What does it mean to live well?
Mathematical aesthetics
What makes mathematics beautiful?
What is math?
Is math just philosophy set to numbers, or is philosophy just another branch of math?
Mathematical knowledge
What is the nature of mathematical knowledge? How does it differ from other knowledge?
Honesty
At the end of the day, how do I know that I’m not full of shit?