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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

15586	When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide [Heidegger]
	Full Idea: When philosophy makes itself intelligible, it commits suicide.
	From: Martin Heidegger (Contributions of Philosophy (On Appropriation) [1938], §259), quoted by Richard Polt - Heidegger: an introduction 5 'Contributions'
	A reaction: Polt describes this remark as 'theatrical', but it seems to speak for itself!

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

14456	'Socrates is human' expresses predication, and 'Socrates is a man' expresses identity [Russell]
	Full Idea: The is of 'Socrates is human' expresses the relation of subject and predicate; the is of 'Socrates is a man' expresses identity. It is a disgrace to the human race that it employs the same word 'is' for these entirely different ideas.
	From: Bertrand Russell (Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy [1919], XVI)
	A reaction: Does the second one express identity? It sounds more like membership to me. 'Socrates is the guy with the hemlock' is more like identity.