The true philosopher is the active political actor who transforms social relations.

Evidence

In this sense the real philosopher is, and cannot be other than, the politician, the active man who modifies the environment, understanding by environment the ensemble of relations which each of us enters to take part in. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1259

Categorization

• XREF: Feeds the toolkit’s ‘hegemony and common sense’ strand — philosophy-as-praxis, which later theory on intellectuals and consent depends on.