Full Idea
Philosophers are always ready to change direction, if a topic crops up which is more attractive than the one to hand.
Gist of Idea
Philosophers are always switching direction to something more interesting
Source
Plato (Theaetetus [c.364 BCE], 172d)
Book Reference
Plato: 'Theaetetus', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [Penguin 1987], p.67
A Reaction
Which sounds trivial, but it may be what God does.