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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

17016	Philosophy must abstract from the senses [Newton]
	Full Idea: In philosophy abstraction from the senses is required.
	From: Isaac Newton (Principia Mathematica [1687], Def 8 Schol)
	A reaction: He particularly means 'natural philosophy' (i.e. science), but there is no real distinction in Newton's time, and I would say this remark is true of modern philosophy.

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

1749	If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder]
	Full Idea: If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now.
	From: Aristippus the elder (fragments/reports [c.395 BCE]), quoted by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 02.Ar.4
	A reaction: Presumably philosophers develop inner laws which other people lack.