Single Idea 8095

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy]

Full Idea

Everything we think must be thought with our entire being, body and soul.

Gist of Idea

We must think with our entire body and soul

Source

Joseph Joubert (Notebooks [1800], 1798)

Book Reference

Joubert,Joseph: 'Notebooks', ed/tr. Auster,Paul [nyrb 2005], p.43


A Reaction

Not just that thinking must be a whole-hearted activity, but that the very contents of our thinking will be better if it arises out of being a physical creature, and not just a disembodied reasoner. Maybe the bowels are not needed to analyse set theory.