Abstract

Common people believe that philosophy is a science dealing with subjects that are completely distinct from those in ordinary life. Upon hearing the word 'philosopher', they imagine a person who has completely abandoned normal life and just thinks about being in its transcendent sense. Although, this idea is to some extent well-established in laymen's minds, the history of philosophical thought does not confirm it. Moreover, the philosophers' practical and scientific conducts, whether in the past or present, reveal that they have always engaged themselves in the problems that have been of importance to our daily lives and, directly or indirectly, related to them.It is true that philosophers think about being in general, but it is also an undeniable fact that a major part of their mental occupations pertain to the existence of the world and man, his place in the world, and his relation to the entire being.