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8138 | Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy [Paul] |
Full Idea: Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy. | |
From: St Paul (12: Colossians [c.55], 2.8) | |
A reaction: The same might be said of preaching. The two sorts of spoiling seem to be fanaticism and wickedness. While reason can lead to fanaticism, I believe (with Socrates) that it is unlikely to corrupt morally. |
21572 | Philosophical disputes are mostly hopeless, because philosophers don't understand each other [Russell] |
Full Idea: Explicit controversy is almost always fruitless in philosophy, owing to the fact that no two philosophers ever understand one another. | |
From: Bertrand Russell (Our Knowledge of the External World [1914], 1) | |
A reaction: Contemporaries don't even seem to read one another very much, especially these days, when there are thousands of professional philosophers. (If you are a professional, have you read all the works written by your colleagues and friends?) |