Philosophy can only restate life’s fundamental questions.

Evidence

Philosophy cannot answer; it can only itself put the same question. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 74

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 74
• XREF: connects to: Human knowledge fails to answer life’s fundamental questions. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 64; Knowledge becomes less clear as it approaches life’s big questions. — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 66; Certain philosophical problems like the mind–body problem may be fundamentally unknowable by humans due to cognitive closure. — Cognitive closure (philosophy) (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Knowledge becomes less clear as it approaches life’s big questions. #qualifies (0.75) — Leo Tolstoy, A Confession, 66