“The value of philosophy is, in fact, to be sought largely in its…

“The value of philosophy is, in fact, to be sought largely in its…

“The value of philosophy is, in fact, to be sought largely in its

very uncertainty. The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the cooperation or consent of his deliberate reason. To such a man the world tends to become definite, finite, obvious; common objects rouse no questions, and unfamiliar possibilities are contemptuously rejected. As soon as we begin to philosophize, on the contrary, we find that even the most everyday things lead to problems to which only very incomplete answers can be given.” Explain what Russell means in this passage and how it relates to Socrates’ admonition, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”