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3242 | Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture can't skip it [Nagel] |
Full Idea: Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up. | |
From: Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], Intro) | |
A reaction: Can he really mean that a mature culture doesn't need philosophy? |
3241 | It seems mad, but the aim of philosophy is to climb outside of our own minds [Nagel] |
Full Idea: We are trying to climb outside of our own minds, an effort that some would regard as insane and that I regard as philosophically fundamental. | |
From: Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], Intro) | |
A reaction: It is not only philosophers who do this. It is an essential feature of the mind, and is inherent in the concept of truth. |