For those not directly involved in the realm of philosophy, it is very hard to understand why anyone would want to devote his life to it. Many see philosophers as dreamy recluses confined within their own abstruse world of seemingly futile and impractical reasoning. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle are just marble busts pictured in history books, people from an ancient, faraway world totally detached from ours. However, in reality, philosophy touches every facet of every …showed first 75 words of 988 total…

…showed last 75 words of 988 total…still a young discipline. Many of its questions are still left unanswered. Yet many of today’s philosophers are even answering new questions through applied philosophy. Philosophers nowadays even dare to venture into nontraditional fields, such as brain research, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence. The pursuit for knowledge continues. It’s not really surprising. After all, human love of wisdom is a love that never dies. But that is still open for debate, of course.