What are the relations, if any, between philosophy and literary style? Lang asserts "that the 'literariness' of philosophical writing is not accidental or ornamental but unavoidable--imbedded in that discourse and so also in its substantive questions and proposed solutions" (p. 3). Lang attempts to clarify and support his thesis in discussions of philosophy as literature (Part 1) and philosophy of literature (Part 2). Part 1, "Philosophical Discourse and Literary Form," suggests that philosophy is a form of writing occurring in a particular setting, to which the various types of literary gene...
