Full Idea
Philosophy is shot through with the project of becoming the official language of a Pure State. The exercise of thought thus conforms to the goals of the real State, to the dominant meanings and to the requirements of the established order.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy aims to become the official language, supporting orthodoxy and the state
Source
Gilles Deleuze (A Conversation: what is it? What is it for? [1977], I)
Book Reference
Deleuze,Gilles: 'Dialogues II' [Continuum 2006], p.10
A Reaction
[He cites Nietzsche's 'Schopenhauer as Educator' as the source of this] Is Karl Marx included in this generalisation, or Diogenes of Sinope? Is conservative philosophy thereby invalidated?