The answer is “almost everyone.” There are many benefits associated with an organized system of thought. (more…)

Things were much simpler in the old days. The ancient Greeks didn’t categorize everything into the many fields and specialties that we have today; they didn’t even have the scientific method. There was just the unknown and the people who investigated it. These early investigators were philosophers, (more…)

Philosophy is the bedrock on which all else of significance can be built. When you understand how the world works, your place in it, and why you believe what you do, greater things become possible. (more…)

“…A philosopher… has…[a] structure of thought unified by a purpose for his own life and for mankind.” Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy, p. 141 (more…)

Many people today would say that philosophy is useless in our scientific world, yet nothing can be further from the truth. If anything, we need philosophy now more than ever. Science provides the instruments, but philosophy is the symphony. (more…)

The word “philosophy” comes from Greek meaning “love of wisdom.” Wisdom and knowledge are not synonyms. One can be knowledgeable and yet not know when to use it or how it relates in the grand scheme of things. The philosophers of old sought more than just knowledge; they sought to coordinate it into a system of thought that would enable them to understand their place in society, the world, and the cosmos. In simplest terms: philosophers sought the meaning of life. (more…)