Full Idea
Philosophy has in a sense to keep trying to return to the beginning.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy must keep returning to the beginning
Source
Iris Murdoch (The Sovereignty of Good [1970], I)
Book Reference
Murdoch,Iris: 'The Sovereignty of Good' [RKP 1974], p.1
A Reaction
This is a sign that philosophy is not like other subjects, and indicates that although the puzzles are not solved, they won't go away. Also that, unlike most other subjects, the pre-suppositions are not part of the subject.