The topic of philosophizing is a very abstract one. Many seemingly
unanswerable question are asked in the process of philosophizing. Why am I here? Is there a right way to live? Is there a wrong
way to live? Why do things exist? These
are the questions people have been asking for thousands of years. Not a single person has found the objective meaning
of life. We still don’t know why we are
here after all these years of asking.
But we must ask ourselves this. If
there really is an objective meaning, would we truly want to know it? Because
in knowing what the true meaning of it all is, we lose the ability to define
our own meaning in life. And honestly
being able to find one’s own meaning in life is one the best things about life. We get to choose what our lives’ mean. Whether it’s to help the starving children in
Africa, or attempting to become one of the richest people in the world, you get
to choose your owning meaning. The other interesting topic we discussed was the
idea of philosophy. The idea that
philosophy can’t do anything was a very strange concept to me. I had always thought of philosophy as a guide
to living a better life. But by itself,
it means absolutely nothing. It’s
useless. The true potential of
philosophy comes from allowing it to impact you. Letting it work its magic per say. I think that the way to do this is simply
think. Think about what life means to
you. Why do you think you are here? Why are
you important? How do you think should live your life? These are the questions that allow philosophy
to impact you. And once you let this
happen, you can “benefit” from philosophy.
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