[12] Thus, tosumupourdiscussionofthevalueofphilosophy; Philosophyistobestudied, notforthesakeofanydefiniteanswerstoitsquestionssincenodefiniteanswerscan, asarule, beknowntobetrue, butratherforthesakeofthequestionsthemselves; becausethesequestionsenlargeourconceptionofwhatispossible, enrichourintellectualimaginationanddiminishthedogmaticassurancewhichclosesthemindagainstspeculation; butaboveallbecause, throughthegreatnessoftheuniversewhichphilosophycontemplates, themindalsoisrenderedgreat, andbecomescapableofthatunionwiththeuniversewhichconstitutesitshighestgood.
Notes
: considering, becauseof 考虑到，鉴于
: mattersbeyondourcapabilityofknowing知识和理解所不能及的问题
: 此处指（哲学努力想要达到的）目标
: thecollectionofsciences 全体科学的集合
: 另一个（更高的）数量级
: 狂热和狭隘
: ruinourprivateworld
: freefromadmixture, uncontaminated 不掺杂的，纯粹的
: thingsormattersbeingcontemplatedbythemind（被冥想的）客体
: themindorintellectcontemplating （进行冥想的）主体
QuestionsforFurtherThinking
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“theuncertaintyofphilosophyismoreapparentthanreal”(Paragraph4)?
? Ifthereisonlytheslightesthopeofdiscoveringananswer, whyisitstillofimportancetocontinuetostudythem?
, doyouthinkitwouldbefinetogothroughlife “imprisonedintheprejudicesderivedfromcommonsense, fromthehabitualbeliefsofhisageorhisnation, andfromconvictionswhichhavegrownupinhismindwithoutthecooperationorconsentofhisdeliberatereason”? Whyorwhynot?
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, thusleadingtoafeverishandconfinedlife?
, whatwillhislifebelike?
“truephilosophiccontemplation” asRusselldescribesit? Doyouthinkitmakessensetotheaveragehumanbeing? Whyorwhynot?
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