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Full Idea
Philosophy does not consist in accumulating knowledge, as science does, but in changing the whole soul.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy aims to change the soul, not to accumulate knowledge
Source
Simone Weil (Reflections on Value [1941], p.33)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.33
A Reaction
I agree, roughly. In the sense that philosophy is a much more personal matter than any pure pursuit of knowledge, such as geology. Though a life in geology could change your soul. Not just any old change, of course….