Today, November 16, we celebrate the International Day of the Philosophy. Since its origins (in our western context in ancient Greece c. VI B.C.), the Philosophy has been a beacon that illuminates the shadows of uncertainty and doubt that surround all aspects of our existence. This "love of wisdom" that is the Philosophy (phileîn, 'to love', and sophia, 'wisdom') has been an essential pillar in the construction of our understanding of the world and our place in it. Despite its continuous identity crises, because it is never fully satisfied in its results, the Philosophy persists, reminding us that, in one way or another, we always move in some subject of perspective based on philosophical concepts.

The Philosophy is like a long road towards the immediacy of what is real, of what is presented, but also of what is hidden from us. It requires us to distance ourselves from reality in order to enter it again through reflection. Once inside, we endow it with meaning. By distancing ourselves from the immediate, we create a space for deep reflection, allowing us not only to understand the world, but also to constitute and transform it. It is in this constant oscillation between immediacy and reflection that Philosophy reveals itself as a dynamic force driving the evolution of human thought. Throughout time, it has witnessed the intersection between reason and experience, between the abstract and the concrete, between the conceptual and the experiential, becoming a means to explore the complexity of reality and, at the same time, to transcend it.

Each answer we find seems to open the door to new questions, revealing the infinite and ever-changing nature of the search for knowledge. As Wittgenstein said, the problems of Philosophy are like "a knot in our thinking that must be untied," and his goal, "to show the fly the way out of the bottle." In this context, Philosophy is not only limited to a set of abstract theories, but becomes an active tool for the understanding and transformation of the world we inhabit. With Philosophy the world changes. It is above all an attitude. It challenges us to critically analyze our perceptions and to question the reality we take for granted. In a way, we never leave it, we simply transform it for its understanding. Philosophizing is nothing more than the continuous reflection of the human logos - common logos , by the way - that aspires to elevate the phenomena of our particular experience to a conceptual and universal plane. And in the understanding of these phenomena we stake everything.

The increasing difficulty of recognizing the value of Philosophy in a world like today's, more concerned with effective answers than with challenging questions, lies, in my opinion, in the impossibility of circumscribing it to its partial realizations. In a certain way, the oblivion of the very limits to which Philosophy is always subjected by reason of its aspiration to truth is what constantly threatens its annihilation.

But would a world devoid of Philosophy be conceivable? Could we even visualize such a scenario? It seems an arduous task. In fact, to question the viability of a world devoid of Philosophy becomes practically contradictory, given that the very notion of "world" intrinsically entails a specific perspective for its comprehension. The conception that one has of the effective reality, of the variable importance of things, as well as of the value of human and divine experiences, arises in some way as a product of a philosophical exercise. Therefore, without Philosophy the world would not change. Because the Philosophy challenges conventions and stimulates critical thinking. Without it, the world around us would simply be accepted as it is. A world without Philosophy would ultimately be written request, a world less aware of the limits of our own ignorance. Which, as Socrates taught, is the condition of possibility of a true knowledge. In such a hypothetical status, we would enter into meaninglessness, without curiosity, without criticism and without creativity. It would be a world where no one would ask why we exist, what is good and what is bad, how we can know reality and how we can communicate with others. Moreover, it would be a world without horizons of meaning, where it would be impossible to think for oneself. It would be a world where no one would appreciate the beauty, diversity and complexity of nature and culture. At final, a world without Philosophy would be a gray, boring, conformist and stagnant world. It would be a world where science, art, politics and Education would lose much of their value and meaning, and where humanity would be impoverished and weakened. The Philosophy does not solve everything, but without it nothing is solved. For all these reasons, it is worthwhile to philosophize.