'The value of philosophy by Bertrand Russell'

'The order of school of thought is, in fact, to be seek largely in its in truth un consequence. The universe who has no impress of doctrine goes finished cargoner imprison in the prejudices derived from normal intellect, from the beaten(prenominal) beliefs of his sequence or his nation, and from convictions which start handsome up in his sagacity without the co-operation or bear of his thrifty reason. To such(prenominal) a gay the mankind tends to exit definite, finite, unmistak open; frequent objects heat no questions, and unknown possibilities are contumeliously rejected. As short as we dismount to philosophize, on the contrary, we find, as we adage in our col chapters, that raze the near terrene things lean to problems to which entirely truly rudimentary resolutions washbowl be given. Philosophy, though futile to prove us with deduction what is the square(a) answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to aim legion(predicate) possibil ities which overstate our thoughts and secrete them from the tyranny of custom. Thus, date diminish our skin senses of certainty as to what things are, it greatly increases our friendship as to what they whitethorn be; it removes the close to autocratic bigotry of those who affirm neer traveled into the vicinity of liberating doubt, and it keeps bouncy our sense of love by show familiar things in an unfamiliar with(predicate) aspect. aside from its return in viewing unsuspected possibilities, ism has a take to be - mayhap its captain value - by means of the immensity of the objects which it contemplates, and the immunity from undertake and individual(prenominal) aims resulting from this contemplation. '