Its truth directly negates the idea of philosophy as discipline and the ideal of professionalization to which we, its practictioners in the academies, are held. There is no set of methods or texts we can accept as defining our practice. Setting out with a product line in mind is violence as thought and velleity as practice. Borges describes how each new author creates his predecessors. So it is with each genuine new thought.
Philosophy attempts by means of concepts to transcend concepts.
Hence, the philosophical project is paradoxical. But perhaps the reality beyond our concepts is itself rife with tensions. The covert assumption that everything is in order and waits to be understood weakens much academic philosophy. The smug tone, the triviality of the problems addressed, the confidence in the answer put forward, are no accidents. Here is one small wrinkle which I shall now deftly and professionally iron out.