If philosophy is a calling, what are the indicators that is?

Answer 1

It does not seem appropriate to descrbe Philosophy as a calling because calling would involve life-long commitment towards the area of endeavour and using the insights gained threreby to advance ideals the subject embraces. like medicine or like priesthood or like a mathematician or a pure scientist. These people devote their energies disregarding power or pelf amd theywork only to enlarge their world of service. As the poet Blake says, they are truly pilgrims of eternity and nurslings of immortality. It must be said, of course, that this is an idealistic statement, and in real life there are variations. I think a philosopher is a thinker who seeks to clarify the concepts objectively , and disinterestedly and applying pure reason, rather like Immanuel Kant or Wittgenstein- to name but two of them.
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Answer 2

Philosophy is not a calling. Philosophers gate crash nowadays into the Science department where they are not needed.

Answer 3

Quest for higher knowledge.
Indifference to dualities like pleasure and pain.
Wider outlook of situations than reducing them
to selfish levels.

Answer 4

Yes, a path. I would really call it a calling because "calling" presupposes a "caller", philosopher will laugh such a concept of caller.

Actually, all of us are philosophers. the moment we attempt to answer, with all our heart and mind, fundamental questions about our existence.

Answer 5

Discernment, insight, a special desire to understand and explain.