To Decide To Become A Philosopher Seemed

I Discovered That The Study Of Past Philosophers Is Of Little Use Unless Our Own Reality Enters Into It. Our Reality Alone Allows The Thinker's Questions To Become Comprehensible.

Nietzsche's Ideas And Plans: For Example, The Idea Of Giving Up The Whole Wretched Academic World To Form A Secular Monastic Community.

The Greek Word For Philosopher (philosophos) Connotes A Distinction From Sophos. It Signifies The Lover Of Wisdom (knowledge) As Distinguished From Him Who Considers Himself Wise In The Possession Of Knowledge. This Meaning Of The Word Still Endures: The Essence Of Philosophy Is Not The Possession Of The Truth But The Search For Truth. ... Philosophy Means To Be On The Way. Its Questions Are More Essential Than Its Answers, And Every Answer Becomes A New Question.

A Scientific Approach Means Knowing What One Knows And What One Doesn't. Absolute Or Complete Knowledge Is Unscientific.

Even Scientific Knowledge, If There Is Anything To It, Is Not A Random Observation Of Random Objects; For The Critical Objectivity Of Significant Knowledge Is Attained As A Practice Only Philosophically In Inner Action.