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The Importance of Philosophy
Why philosophy is a great way to spend your time
My journey into philosophy has begun quite recently, but already I see a host of pronounced benefits, and a panoply of others have begun to take root. What follows is my exploratory ideas into the importance of philosophy to the individual, namely: It promotes a dynamic intellect, allows us to think differently, gives our lives direction, enriches our existence and promotes a love of learning. I would like now to leave a quote from C.S Lewis, explaining why I decided that I am qualified to write this while still early on in my philosophical learning.
>The fellow-pupil can help more than the master because he knows less. The difficulty we want him to explain is one he has recently met. The expert met it so long ago he has forgotten. He sees the whole subject, by now, in a different light that he cannot conceive what is really troubling the pupil; he sees a dozen other difficulties which ought to be troubling him but aren’t.
Philosophy fosters a dynamic intellect, the ability to adapt
Philosophy provides us with meaningful intellectual discourse. Too often do we either just accept things to be true, and move on, or fail to be persuaded at all; humans tend to settle into a comfortable state, an…
