I'm the first one in line to go watch 'Spider-Man,' but there's definitely something in me that makes me want to go to a movie and see something that makes me feel good about life.
The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.
Life is full and overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter.