Full Idea
Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture that tries to skip it will never grow up.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy is the childhood of the intellect, and a culture can't skip it
Source
Thomas Nagel (The View from Nowhere [1986], Intro)
Book Reference
Nagel,Thomas: 'The View from Nowhere' [OUP 1989], p.12
A Reaction
Can he really mean that a mature culture doesn't need philosophy?