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This video is taken from the session "Samvaad" held at Mussoorie International School on 06 April 2026.

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00:00So what actually is philosophy and why does a common man need to know philosophy?
00:05The common man is a lousy thinker. He does not think. He repeats the circuit. He simply rephrases or recycles.
00:14Look at the dog. There's the common stray dog. Keep a laptop. It won't even wonder what's going on.
00:20The common man is a compulsive thinker. His thoughts are a compulsion. His thoughts have no sovereignty.
00:25The philosopher. The word philosophy itself means love of truth.
00:30Now truth is not just something outside of you. Because you don't just live there.
00:35More than there, you live here.
00:39Philosophy includes knowing yourself.
00:44Philosophy is critical thinking turned inwards.
00:48And outwards.
00:49And outwards as well, obviously.
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