Topics Philosophy

Question I'm interested to know about the capability of philosophize. Because in my own experience, noticed that when I were a teenager (13-15) I had a strong insight and I started to feel and thought the philosophie even did not reading books, only by my experience of just living. However after had grown up, this ability became even more weak until it disapeared. Today, when I can read the text of the philosophers, I can see all that I thought but not feel as I could feel. Now it seems that the poetic powers are gone. My question is if we can philosophize again (as Schopenhauer says that the Philosophy that chooses the time to come and show us the world in its inner) or just reproduce the quotes of other writers?

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August 17, 2011

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I begin my Introduction to Philosophy classes by saying that philosophical questions are those that children ask, "Why?", and those that adolescents ask, "Why should I?" I share your feeling that there is an energetic curiosity in children (and "pre-adults") that is often drained as we age--alas, in some cases by our educational system and media. I think we should try to fight having that philosophical feeling sapped by trying to explore new questions and fields, reading widely, talking with others about the big questions, and reminding ourselves how each thing we learn also illuminates how much we have yet to learn. But it is hard to force oneself to feel. So, we just have to inculcate the best habits we can and hope the feeling of love of wisdom (philo-sophia) will wash over us occasionally as we age. (It always helps to engage philosophically with children too and hope some of their questioning curiosity is contagious!)