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Full Idea
The real monuments of philosophy are its problems.
Gist of Idea
The problems are the monuments of philosophy
Source
William D. Hart (The Evolution of Logic [2010], 2)
Book Ref
Hart,W.D.: 'The Evolution of Logic' [CUP 2010], p.53
A Reaction
Presumably he means '....rather than its solutions'. No other subject would be very happy with that sort of claim. Compare Idea 8243. A complaint against analytic philosophy is that it has achieved no consensus at all.
Related Idea
Idea 8243 Atheism is the philosopher's serenity, and philosophy's achievement [Deleuze/Guattari]