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There's something very touching - I think this is the right word - about Badiou's absolute concern and commitment to the vocation that is philosophy. It's clear that more than just 'doing' philosophy, at every point he wants to also think about what this thing called philosophy *is*, and it's clear that this question conditions his practice of philosophy from top to bottom.
— Jan 05, 2023 05:57PM
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"Philosophy is like the attic where, in difficult times, one accumulates resources, lines up tools, and sharpens knives. Philosophy is exactly that which proposes an ample stock of means to other forms of thought. This time, it is on the side of affirmation and infinity that philosophy must select and accumulate its resources, its tools and knives."
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I agree. It's very much like he's concerned with philosophy's future and its ability to remain an important and vital activity. Even going so far as to use what he calls "anti-philosophy" to test and strengthen the discipline.
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Yeah! I read his Wittgenstein book a while ago which elaborated on his conception of anti-philosophy, but that was before I really understood what motivated that conception of things. I'm going to have to return to it at some point.
Read the Wittgenstein book and really enjoyed it. Also his book on Lacan in the same vein.
