Why Philosophy?

All of us must agree that we are rational beings. Actually it is our developed rationality due to which we differentiate ourselves from the animal world. If we look at an animal closely we find that its action are guided by the blind impetus of senses. The very aim of its existence seems to be sense gratification but this is not the case for most of us, I must say. Whenever we are to take some action and have options we invoke our rational faculty in choosing the right or most suitable course of action. Whatever decision we take it is based on, in most cases, the vague foundation of our understanding about ourselves, the existence and the interrelation between these. This vague understanding is nothing but philosophy at personal level. An eminent english writer has described it as "Men live in accordance with their philosophy of life, there conception of the world. This is true even of the most thoughtless. It is impossible to live without a metaphysic. The choice that is given us is not between some kind of metaphysic and no metaphysic, it is always between a good metaphysic and a bad metaphysic." This is all about philosophy at personal level. But when we try to understand the true nature of ourself, the existence and there interrelation the philosophy in its true sense begins.