Philosophy_ An Introduction Bochenski, Jozef Maria, O.P.

PHILOSOPHY is a concern not limited to the specialist; for, as strange as it may seem, there is probably no human being who doesn't philosophize. Or at least every man has moments in his life in which he becomes a philosopher. This is particularly true of our natural scientists, historians, and artists. Sooner or later, all of them concern themselves with philosophy. Of course, I'm not saying that this is of great service to mankind; the books of philosophizing laymen - be they famous physicists, poets or politicians - are usually bad. Too often they present an immature, naive, and mosdy false philosophy. But that is secondary here. The important thing is that we all philosophize and, so it seems, must philosophize.