Abstract

The philosophy is a discipline that is not a science and that is unfamiliar to the general public who sees in it a form of original reflection. To understand this originality,you have to remember of the beginning of the history of philosophy which, from the end of Antiquity, gave up his first goal, namely wisdom. From Emperor Justinian who closed all schools of philosophy in 533 AD, philosophy has survived while remaining a discourse (logos) disconnected from its action ; However, this action was sophia (wisdom). Consider then that Philosophy has been dead for 15 centuries and that the philosophers have survived by submitting to the authority in place, first to Theocracy and therefore to the Church, then to the State and therefore to Public Education. In the first case, philosophers are more interested in Faith and Holiness than in meditation and wisdom ; in the second case, they prefer to teach and write rather than dialogue to develop a peaceful way of life. Philosophy has strayed from it’s goal – Wisdom. It is therefore a question of reviving Philosophy by reopening schools which teach a wisdom.