International Day of Philosophy

 "In whatever ways we are made—by God, the forces of nature, or the conventions of society—there remain frayed strands in the fabric of human existence where self-making adds to the process".

This forms the basis of the philosophical thoughts of Jules Lequier, the much unknown but important philosopher of 19 century.

 'Observation of human nature' without any bias,  search for meanings and seek honestly to know, to understand and to learn about the details of things, events, persons observed may be defined as one of the important processes of philosophy. Then, based on the perception that emanates out of these  philosophical approaches one may try to look for synergies or new dimensions and new  dynamics of or notice nuances of life hitherto unnoticed and try to define or delineate or deal with life and its manifestations.​

Quoting either the scriptures or literary pieces are useful tools but they too like slogans can block real curiosity, unbiased observation ( observation is influenced by frames of references and biases), lesser scope to accept or to understand issues, leave alone offering remedies. 

So, most observers are a bundle of biases.

' Human nature' - is it biological nature or social behaviour?

The term nature itself, is loosely used figuratively.  

Philosophy doesn't make tall claims. Scientists and science too do not make tall claims or finality of anything.

The problem is people who confuse ideology for philosophy and religious scriptural observations to be ultimate truths and weave their world of reality and use that as a yardstick for wisdom.

Worse, still spill all over terminologies that have, somehow, got an aura around them.

Often, these appropriators of 'philosophical and religious wisdom' are prone to view everything in binaries like evil and good, good and bad, right and wrong etc. 

This has prevented humanity from both observing and/or appreciating and accepting the multitude of things that may and perhaps really do exist between, beyond and besides these binaries. 

Philosophy, as a subject , by itself is supposed to be one of the excellent subjects that enables  societies to observe , to analyse and to understand things beyond the clutches of religions, traditions and social pressures inflicted by them.

All great philosophers and top scientists without hypocrisies have admitted the limitations of their stream of study.