Cardenas, Maricar R. 12 – St.

Jerome

Learning the history of philosophy amazes me. I did realize that history has value and meaning

and that there’s more to it. I remember having so many questions for everyone about different

things when I was in elementary school, which have remained unanswered to this day. I think

there are some questions that have an answer, much like a mathematical question that always has

a definite and concrete answer, but there's also a question that has no answer or for which we

can't find a concrete answer, or better yet, the answer is also a question. The beauty of

philosophy remains to this day. We philosophize for every uncertainty that arises in our lives, for

which we have always sought to find a question, but then there’s another question in that

question until another question comes again. I have a philosophy of life, and that is "live life now

or never," but that doesn’t necessarily mean that I am now a philosopher, just like Plato,

Aristotle, Socrates, and many other philosophers. Being philosophical like them has its

certainties, like the fact that they question everything. All philosophers have the capability of

philosophizing to show different angles and think outside the box. We philosophize to deepen

our knowledge about the question that’s in front of us. Like, what is the meaning of my life?