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Single Idea 14523

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent ]

Full Idea

I congratulate you, sir, because you have come to philosophy free of any taint of culture.

Gist of Idea

We should come to philosophy free from any taint of culture

Source

Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE])

Book Ref

Epicurus: 'The Epicurus Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B. /Gerson,L. [Hackett 1994], p.81

A Reaction

[source: Athenaeus, 'Deipnosophists' 13 588b] No one nowadays thinks such an aspiration remotely possible, not least because the culture is embedded in your native language, but I find the idea very appealing.