Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Their [philosophers] thinking is, in fact, far less a discovery than a re-recognizing, a remembering, a return and a home-coming to a far-off, ancient common-household of the soul, out of which those ideas formerly grew: philosophizing is so far a kind of atavism of the highest order.

Their [philosophers] thinking is, in fact, far less a discov

Summary

This quote suggests that the thinking of philosophers is not primarily about discovering new ideas, but rather about rediscovering and remembering ancient ideas that already exist. It implies that philosophy is a journey of returning to the essence of knowledge, a sort of regression to a more primitive and fundamental realm of thought. Philosophizing is described as a higher form of atavism, implying that it is a reversion to an ancestral state of wisdom.

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By Friedrich Nietzsche

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