I've been recently studying Aristotle's thoughts on
friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics, so I found much of interest in Brandon's
post on Symphilosophie, or collaborative philosophy.
Among Friedrich Schlegel's fragments is this piece on
philosophical friendship:
125. Perhaps there would be a birth of a whole new era of
the sciences and arts if symphilosophy and sympoetry became so universal and
heartfelt that it would no longer be anything extraordinary for several
complementary minds to create communal works of art. One is often struck by the
idea that two minds really belong together, like divided halves that can
realize their full potential only when joined....
While philosophical debate can sometimes turn into verbal or
written combat between individuals, bloodsport, the possibility exists of
philosophers working together on a common project, of two philosophers being of
one mind. In other words, philosophers can be friends who put aside their
various intellectual quirks to help each other out in creating a “communal work
of art."
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