Thank you so well put. I might live in a utopian world of my own but I think philosophy to me is not only love of your fellow man but love of your community and beyond . I like to believe most philosophers spent time thinking about the welfare of the community and happiness of its people. In some of the first writings Plato tried to work on the good of the whole community by trying to place people in work he though was best suited for them (even though they were not the best scenarios) and of coarse foreigners, slaves or people snatched by war were always the low men on the totem pole. I think some had worthy ideas like, ‘there has to be more to life ‘, than working sleeping eating’..
And I also hold philosophy in great reverence.. It was there before some religions..at least 500 years before Christ , there was Confucius (golden rule), Socrates and others who’s similar quotes were found in the bible…and I believe there were sub schools that continued a long time into Europe and have influences on religions today.
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