Philo continued...

Hold on to your hats, I'm about to get a little Socratic on you all...
I asked the question: Why is philosophy important? To answer it, I ask you this: Why are the other sciences important?
Science allows us to grapple with the world. To understand it, to use it, to save it, to appreciate it. But there is part of the world that is not so concrete, that is and will forever be theoretical--->There is a theoretical branch of physics. There are math equations that may never be used in a practical setting. There are things in biology that can't be explained.
Philosophy!!!
OKay, I'm talking to much. Let me just say this to sum up my point-
Philosophy helps us understand that part of the world that is intangible, unprovable and elusive. The fact that we are able to question life, look for God, or think we have a purpose, to me points to something larger than us. But maybe I am confusing philosophy with theology... Philosophy is the pursuit, through rational thought, of truth and understanding. But our minds are irrarional! Our minds are faulty! Our minds are incapable of grasping what we so desperately desire to find!... Isn't that exciting! The pursuit of the unattainable?! Thats every adventurers dream! But remember, that you must enjoy the pursuit, otherwise its not worth it!
"Try to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and books that are written in a foreign tongue. Do not seek answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Perhaps then you will, without noticing it, live some distant day into the answer. " (Rainer Rilke)
Ahhh life...
...I think this is a topic that i will periodically come back to...