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Does philosophy actually ever help anyone?

I live in shared accommodation and it's ok I guess except there's this one guy who's a some kind of hippy type (I mean he smokes weed a lot not that he has long hair or wears tie dye) listens to strange music, never ever goes out and reads and reads philosophy books all the time.

I have tried telling him that he doesn't need philosophy of he lets Jesus into his heart and I think deep down he sneers at me for saying that (except he's too polite to make this obvious).

So is philosophy any good? Has it ever actually improved anyones life ?

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SatyrService · M

Yes it is. [i] Jesus was a philosopher.[/i]
But so many others have brought comfort and even better , Understanding, of humanity.
each philosophy informs the next, refining our understanding of the human condition, compassion, not blindly but with knowledge,
do not let some lazy ill informed mediocrity, tarnish the works of genius he is ill equipped to understand.
can you look past religion?