Quote of the Day

"It seems that people who may be drawn to philosophy, especially as laymen, as non academics, may also be inquisitive, intellectually rigorous, autodidactic or mentally energetic, and so philosophy builds upon what was already present. What I mean to ask is do you think philosophy does or will penetrate beyond the borders of specific interest or academia in the future, as it appeared to in the past?

The sequestration of philosophy into a highly technical and abstract university discipline, if this is all that philosophy is regarded as, is a loss – but in fact philosophy belongs to everyone, and everyone engages in it (though usually without giving it that name: from conversations in pubs to thinking about big choices in life while waiting at the bus stop) – so the effort to keep it an elite pursuit to the exclusion is always bound to fail."

- A.C Grayling on Being Human