Hi everyone!

We start the discussions with a simple question :)

Why do we philosophise? Are there any uses of philosophy?

After all, the world is full of suffering and turmoil. There is so much to do. To fix, to see, to understand, to experience, to overcome. Then why should we set time aside to think about questions, that have been demonstrated to have no satisfactory answers time and again.

Was philosophy just a part-time pleasure of a privileged class? That sat comfortably in their plush leather sofas by the heated fireplace and smoked cigars in their salons while gossiping not about their neighbors, but the state of the world? Has it been reduced to being confined inside university halls and lecture rooms? Or can it add value to the lives of working class people?

We will discuss these questions and a few more from the following article:
"On the uses of philosophy" by Will Durant (Link to pdf).

More concrete questions will be posted here later.