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Full Idea
Every philosophy originates as a manifestation of its time; its origin presupposes its historical time.
Gist of Idea
All philosophies presuppose their historical moment, and arise from it
Source
Ludwig Feuerbach (Towards a Critique of Hegel's Philosophy [1839], p.59)
Book Ref
Feuerbach,Ludwig: 'The Fiery Brook: Selected Writings', ed/tr. Hanfi,Zawar [Anchor 1972], p.59
A Reaction
There seems to be widespread agreement among continental philosophers about this idea, whereas analytic philosophers largely ignore, and treat Plato as if he were a current professor in Chicago.
| 19579 | The history of philosophy is just experiments in how to do philosophy [Novalis] |
| 19441 | All philosophies presuppose their historical moment, and arise from it [Feuerbach] |
| 8000 | He who is ignorant of the history of philosophy is doomed to repeat it [Santayana, by MacIntyre] |
| 18730 | The history of philosophy only matters if the subject is a choice between rival theories [Wittgenstein] |
| 21844 | The history of philosophy is an agent of power: how can you think if you haven't read the great names? [Deleuze] |
| 13860 | We can only learn from philosophers of the past if we accept the risk of major misrepresentation [Wright,C] |
| 16604 | Philosophy consists of choosing between Plato, Aristotle and Democritus [Pasnau] |
| 16606 | Original philosophers invariably seek inspiration from past thinkers [Pasnau] |