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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

9208	Philosophers with a new concept are like children with a new toy [Fine,K]
	Full Idea: Philosophers with a new concept are like children with a new toy; their world shrinks to one in which it takes centre stage.
	From: Kit Fine (Intro to 'Modality and Tense' [2005], p.10)
	A reaction: A wonderfully accurate observation, I'm afraid. You can trace the entire history of the subject as a wave of obsessions with exciting new ideas. Fine is referring to a posteriori necessities and possible worlds.