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Philosophical Attitude

What is the true philosophical attitude? Or more specifically, what is the true meaning of our process of articulation that can ultimately contribute to the progress of our insight to expand the worldview, which can eventually lead us to the stance to see everything and everyone as it is? This question sounds quite naïve; at the same time, looks an ambitious attitude since it is definitely unrealistic to consider ourselves as some of the great thinkers who have really contributed to the progress of human conscious evolution -- the contribution that can make us a bit or a quite wiser and smarter than we used to be. Although it is unrealistic, this does not necessarily mean that we can ignore the true meaning of such philosophical attitude. Of course, the philosophical attitude is not that we generate the totally novel theories and practices out of our conventional, ego-oriented, narrow-minded, and dualistic speculations. Rather, the philosophical attitude is to humbly and modestly try t