A philosophy can exist implicitly inside practical aphorisms
Evidence
One must however be clear about this: the philosophy of praxis was born in the form of aphorisms and practical criteria for the purely accidental reason that its founder dedicated his intellectual forces to other problems, particularly economic (which he treated in systematic form); but in these practical criteria and these aphorisms is implicit an entire conception of the world, a philosophy. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1523
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- DEFINE: Distinguishes an implicit world-conception from its systematic elaboration — a key Gramscian tool for reading ideologies that never state themselves as philosophy.
- XREF: Connects to Gramsci’s later notion of ‘common sense’ as an implicit, un-articulated philosophy — the same move of extracting a worldview from everyday practice.
Related
- The philosophy of praxis began as scattered aphorisms encoding a full worldview (similarity 0.92)
- A philosophy of praxis begins by criticizing common sense while building on it (similarity 0.84)
- Gramsci’s philosophy of praxis links theory inseparably to practice and action (similarity 0.83)
- Philosophy of praxis elevates the masses rather than preserves their common sense. (similarity 0.82)
- Philosophy of praxis must be understood as historical methodology. (similarity 0.81)
- Philosophy becomes historically true by diffusing into the popular mentality. (similarity 0.81)
- Every prior philosophy expressed social contradictions without consciously knowing them (similarity 0.81)
- Mass philosophy must start from common sense and take polemical form (similarity 0.81)
- German idealism first introduced the creativity of thought into philosophy (similarity 0.80)
- This selection is incomplete because the paragraph was truncated in the source. (similarity 0.80)
- A philosophy becomes historical and living only through contact with the simple (similarity 0.80)
- A philosophy’s historical worth is its practical effect on society (similarity 0.80)
- Philosophy works by replacing one common sense with another aligned to the ruling group (similarity 0.79)
- Philosophy’s history must include mass worldviews and ruling groups, not just philosophers (similarity 0.79)
- Specialized philosophical jargon widens the divide between high culture and the popular masses. (similarity 0.79)