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Ideas for 'The Gettier Problem', 'fragments/reports' and 'The Tragedy of Reason'

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

1606	You have to be a Platonist to debate about reality, so every philosopher is a Platonist [Roochnik]
	Full Idea: Everyone who enters into a debate about reality automatically becomes a Platonist. Since such debates are the essence of philosophy, every philosopher is a Platonist.
	From: David Roochnik (The Tragedy of Reason [1990], p.199)
	A reaction: This is correct

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

1595	Philosophy aims to satisfy the chief human desire - the articulation of beauty itself [Roochnik]
	Full Idea: Philosophy, the attempt to articulate the vision of beauty itself, is the attempt to satisfy the highest human desire.
	From: David Roochnik (The Tragedy of Reason [1990], p.120)
	A reaction: A million miles away from modern philosophy, but still an ideal to be taken seriously.