Value of philosophy

How many people do you know whose lives are severely constructed by their narrow-minded, or even worse, close-minded attitude? Some people simply refuse to know, inquire or understand. Communicating with such people is quite difficult... Do you wish to be like them? Do you wish to be blinded to reality, shielded from the truth and willfully ignorant of life? Is this freedom and the good life? Philosophical questioning offers you intellectual freedom. It is your way out of the prison of darkness and your guiding light to existential liberation!

(Anthony Falikowski, Experiencing Philosophy, Chapter 1, page 16)