I have always been attracted to philosophy partially because it is the root of our education system and because it helps explain the unexplainable, but mostly because it is without rules.  There are no guidelines in philosophy, and the only limitation is what you can conceive.  It is not like other academic schools where one’s reputation and status are built on the amount of time he or she has put into a project, but rather how thoughtful the final project is.  Philosophy’s laboratory is in the mind, and we owe more to this practice than any other in existence.  Sadly, western thought is beginning to rapidly diminish both in popularity and substance.  Even the word “philosophy” is now synonymous with uselessness in academia, and most people imagine a slacking, pot head college student when considering the subject.  The less thoughtful group of people are quick to denounce the ancient art of philosophy as a irrelevant subject in today’s world and the fact that this group is growing exponentially is becoming apparent in modern course structure, book stores, and cognition. Continue Reading…