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Full Idea
When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide.
Gist of Idea
When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide
Source
Martin Heidegger (Contributions of Philosophy (On Appropriation) [1938], §259), quoted by Richard Polt - Heidegger: an introduction 5 'Contributions'
Book Ref
Polt,Richard: 'Heidegger: an introduction' [Routledge 2003], p.141
A Reaction
Polt describes this remark as 'theatrical', but it seems to speak for itself!
| 370 | Philosophy is a purification of the soul ready for the afterlife [Plato] |
| 14523 | We should come to philosophy free from any taint of culture [Epicurus] |
| 18450 | Philosophy has its own mode of death, by separating soul from body [Porphyry] |
| 19073 | True philosophy aims at absolute unity, while our understanding sees only separation [Hegel] |
| 21776 | Philosophy aims to reveal the necessity and rationality of the categories of nature and spirit [Hegel, by Houlgate] |
| 6928 | Only that which can be an object of religion is an object of philosophy [Feuerbach] |
| 15586 | When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide [Heidegger] |
| 15585 | Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt] |
| 23885 | Philosophy aims to change the soul, not to accumulate knowledge [Weil] |
| 3241 | It seems mad, but the aim of philosophy is to climb outside of our own minds [Nagel] |
| 1595 | Philosophy aims to satisfy the chief human desire - the articulation of beauty itself [Roochnik] |
| 9779 | Philosophy is transcendental questioning (not supporting science or constructing ontology) [Zizek] |