"Whoever wishes to justify [Philosophy] must show to what ends a healthy culture uses and has used philosophy. [...] Where could we find an instance of cultural pathology which philosophy restored to health? If philosophy ever manifested itself as helpful, redeeming, or prophylactic, it was in a healthy culture. The sick, it made even sicker."
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