Those that don't know the history of philosophy are doomed to repeat it. For example Marx wrote in 1845 "Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world i

Those that don't know the history of philosophy are doomed to repeat it. For example Marx wrote in 1845 "Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it." This is almost exactly what PG is proposing. Also, that statement that "all previous philosophy is bollocks" is a literary device used by numerous philosophers.