What is Philosophy  (1)

A little tired , just to say a few words. :-)  Philosophy , in a word , is a religion of wisdom,  a study of thinking, or anything you can resolve by thinking only.  When people are young,  they study philosophy.  but they only  can understand it after they are old enough.  Philosophy, such as  Life,  is something you only can understand after you have experienced. 

Yes, all those old masters works are hard to read,  particularly for Hegel who is famous for his obscure writing.  People have a good  guess that if they kept their presentations straight and simple, there would be not much they can say.  The formal explanation is that   their  writings were only intended for those with advanced knowledge of philosophy, whichever you believe.

In fast-paced today,  people don’t want  to wrestle with such difficult philosophies,  nor do they have the time for.  Therefor it is not  philosophy that has reached its  end,  it is people who stop thinking.

Fortunately , the bright side is that today we have easy access to countless on-line resources, from original works  to secondary literatures and commentaries that help us a lot to understand those masters and even on our critical thinking of their thoughts.

to be continued ...  :-))