Philosophy

Even I believe that every individual is a philosopher in himself. We think, we imagine, we question and then we try finding the answers ourselves or even achieve them through any means. But we only accept them if we find them logical or rational. Rationality then varies greatly. Rationality to a scientist would be that it fits is equation but rationality to a priest would be if it helps him attain spirituality. To a layman it would be if it answers his questions according to his satisfaction or what the society accepts it as. Rationality thus differs from society to society and nation to nation and then between every individual. All the three questions that rose here are not the only ones I believe to be of relevance. It not always what should we know or what is in it or how do we know, it is also why do we want to know and when should be the right time to know it. Thinking cannot be limited to just a few naïve questions. It is one endless system, it is an unbreakable chain. One question will always lead to another one and then the effect carries on.  One belief will lead to another belief and questioning one of it will lead to questioning the next one. This chain cannot be broken or altered or even controlled. This is the complexity the brain carries and this is what philosophy is all about. This is what knowledge is. Accepting everything as it is, is not gaining knowledge, it is limiting it. Knowledge is a never ending path and questioning becomes it staircase.

We might answer everything through religion but it doesn’t end here. Even religion demands us to question certain stuff. Blindly following something without knowing why it has been endowed upon us is not acceptance, its ignorance. If we question what we belief we are not trying to go against it but we might just be trying to fastening our belief in it more. If the questions are correctly answered the belief is strengthened.

Great philosophers have lived on this planet have they have attained this status by questioning, by trying to figuring out what, why, how, when, where, have things occurred. This is why we have so many branches of education and this is why the tree of knowledge is ever growing.