According to Ambrose Pierce, "all are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher." This statement suggests that a person who spends much of his time contemplating ideas about life is in constant development of philosophical possibilities. The first dictionary definition of the word philosophy reads that it is "the study of the principles underlying all real knowledge." This provides a general, somewhat vague and technical concept of the significance of …
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…is often much more painful without a shoulder to cry on. Having a loved one to comfort you in a time of great anguish will cause the desperation to diminish and give you strength to get through it. How an individual relates to others is essential to his or her quality of life. Therefore, philosophies about the way one approaches interpersonal relationships are meaningful and crucial in one's perception of "a system for guiding life."