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Full Idea
A real hatred inspires logic's rivalry with, or its will to supplant, philosophy.
Gist of Idea
Logic hates philosophy, and wishes to supplant it
Source
G Deleuze / F Guattari (What is Philosophy? [1991], 2.6)
Book Ref
Deleuze/Guattari: 'What is Philosophy?' [Verso 1994], p.140
A Reaction
A delightful corrective to the neurotic inferiority that most English-speaking philosophers feel about their failure to master logic. What was Aristotle playing at when he invented logic? Philosophical talent is utterly different from a talent for logic.