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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

9254	In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard]
	Full Idea: In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false.
	From: H.A. Prichard (What is the Basis of Moral Obligation? [1925])
	A reaction: A lovely remark! In a flash you suddenly see why philosophers expend such vast energy on such unpromising views of reality (e.g. idealism, panpsychism). This might be the best definition of philosophy I have yet discovered.

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

2056	Philosophers are always switching direction to something more interesting [Plato]
	Full Idea: Philosophers are always ready to change direction, if a topic crops up which is more attractive than the one to hand.
	From: Plato (Theaetetus [c.368 BCE], 172d)
	A reaction: Which sounds trivial, but it may be what God does.