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Full Idea
Without philosophy there is no true morality, and without morality no philosophy.
Gist of Idea
Morality and philosophy are mutually dependent
Source
Novalis (Logological Fragments I [1798], 21)
Book Ref
Novalis: 'Philosophical Writings', ed/tr. Stoljar,M.M. [SUNY 1997], p.53
A Reaction
Challenging! Maybe unthinking people drift in a sea of vague untethered morality, and people who seem to have a genuine moral strength are always rooted in some sort of philosophy. Maybe. Is the passion for philosophy a moral passion?