Importance Of Philosophy In My Life

Philosophy benefits people from all different walks of life because it allows us to self actualize, deepen our sense of reason and purpose, maintain a safe society and understand different perspectives. Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” pg 21 This means that we as individuals must examine our lives to find out who we truly are and what we truly live for. This is critically important for us to do because if we do not know what we are living for we would not become functioning members of society. If I conclude my life has no purpose, I would not vote, go to school, get a job, start a family or do anything I found boring or tedious at the time. Only in coming to understand ourselves do we find out what we value, what gets us up in the morning and what we live for. We benefit from understanding ourselves because the more we understand ourselves the better we can begin to understand others. Understanding others if how we form meaningful relationships and gain knowledge and wisdom through our trails and tribulations to pass on …show more content…
Philosophy helps you find yourself and your place in society. It helps you understand people better, problem solve better and overall makes you a better person. Philosophy is beneficial to a Christian because it allows us to see into the mind and the outer perspectives of the thought process of non-Christians. Without understanding where a non-Christian is coming from how can one bridge the gap into a Christian perspective from a non-Christian one? How can a Christian preach the good word if they know nothing about the background of an unbeliever and where they stand philosophically? Philosophy can also be beneficial to the Christian because it allows us to understand that without Christ, none of this would be possible, our ability to reason, argue, even to think logically would all be nothing without Christ creating