I get stirred with the history of
modern philosophy. Though, being a doctor, it gives me little time to read anything
that doesn’t fall in the realms of medical sciences; still, hand me a book with
chronicles of modern philosophy, and I am like a kid who just got his favorite pack
of candies. I get gooseflesh reading the works of Plato, Aristotle, Voltaire,
Francis Bacon, Herbert Spencer, Benedetto Croce and John Dewey; and the more I
am able to know their minds, the more I am in awe of possibilities of human
mind.
As being a scientific specialist,
I have been conditioned to see what lies in front and then to find out the
basis of its existence; the philosophers, however, have a different way of
thinking. They tend to make opinions at a grand scale even about the things
which most of us would think to be non-existential. Philosophy is the content
of life; just like the molecules make a substance, in my opinion, philosophy
makes a life. It is sad to see that in today’s world of shrinking relationships
and swelling frustration, people still don’t realize the importance of
philosophical interventions.
Philosophical sciences are
all-encompassing; these would not be restrained by peripheries like most of
other sciences are. I believe, if our education systems can empower our kids to
get a slice of philosophy from the tender years, in a way that is applicable to
them, it can make a great impact on collective growth of nations and people. In
life, thought process is the only power we have; and philosophy helps us in
aiming the spot right.
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