To do so, the author was re-reading some ancient philosopher in light of the latest findings in science as well as what currently finds currency in professional philosophy circles. Your point then is that the philosopher must perform their social function towards philosophy itself, otherwise an exaggerated opinion about the human condition might lead us down the wrong path. Indeed, the idea of a “purely philosophical” claim is suspect as it hearkens back to those figments of the imagination that philosophers entertain while carrying out their experiments.