19579 | The history of philosophy is just experiments in how to do philosophy [Novalis] |
19441 | All philosophies presuppose their historical moment, and arise from it [Feuerbach] |
8000 | He who is ignorant of the history of philosophy is doomed to repeat it [Santayana, by MacIntyre] |
18730 | The history of philosophy only matters if the subject is a choice between rival theories [Wittgenstein] |
21844 | The history of philosophy is an agent of power: how can you think if you haven't read the great names? [Deleuze] |
13860 | We can only learn from philosophers of the past if we accept the risk of major misrepresentation [Wright,C] |
16604 | Philosophy consists of choosing between Plato, Aristotle and Democritus [Pasnau] |
16606 | Original philosophers invariably seek inspiration from past thinkers [Pasnau] |