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