Full Idea
Everyone who enters into a debate about reality automatically becomes a Platonist. Since such debates are the essence of philosophy, every philosopher is a Platonist.
Clarification
Platonists believe that ideas exist independently of thinkers
Gist of Idea
You have to be a Platonist to debate about reality, so every philosopher is a Platonist
Source
David Roochnik (The Tragedy of Reason [1990], p.199)
Book Reference
Roochnik,David: 'The Tragedy of Reason: the Platonic logos' [Routledge 1990], p.199
A Reaction
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