Full Idea
All philosophy begins where philosophizing philosophises itself.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy only begins when it studies itself
Source
Novalis (Logological Fragments I [1798], 79)
Book Reference
Novalis: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Stoljar,M.M. [SUNY 1997], p.64
A Reaction
The modern trend for doing metaphilosophy strikes me as wholly admirable, though I suspect that the enemies of philosophy (who are legion) see it as a decadence.
Related Idea
Idea 19579 The history of philosophy is just experiments in how to do philosophy [Novalis]