Manifesto for a higher comparativism in Philosophy

Abstract

I would like to surrender myself to the hermeneutics of a desire, which is none other than the desire to philosophize. Not giving way as to my desire: in philosophy or in other areas, this cannot mean to lunge at the first lure that might come. There is a rigor of desire and it goes by way of caring for the words in which this desire is reflected. These are the words I should like to find. In the heart of this battle of words, one finds the word “system”. That philosophizing entails to build a philosophy, is what it entails. Still, does that also mean it is a question of building a system? Which of the meanings of the word “system” is the one we mean?