Who needs philosophy? Does a bag of potatoes need philosophy? My sons while learning how to drive noticed that it's much easier to drive if you know where you are going. Niki Lauda said that a sack of potatoes can drive very fast if you prop the accelerator with it but you’ll see the difference between a good driver and a sack of potatoes on first bend on the road.
Philosophy won’t help us find where we want to go and what we want to achieve but I believe that it can help us learn how to drive to get there.
Philosophy is not an art, religion, science, but it is the tool that we use when all these other tools don’t work. It’s not about what you want to eat or how to buy the ingredients but about how to cook and often that makes all the difference.
A bag of potatoes certainly doesn’t need philosophy, but an aspiring chef certainly does.
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