PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIAL PRAXIS
In joint publishing with ESSENCE LIBRARY
(VOL. 10, NO.3)
EDITORIAL
It is much discussed in
the academic journals and print media about the relevance of philosophy to the
society, and philosophers have been up to the task in churning out treatises to
convince African society of the philosophy readiness to transform it as it did
in the civilized world. This attitude of philosophical enterprise is what is
called “Praxis”. Volume 10 of ESSENCE with OJPP has been concerned with the
Adamic consequences of sin and disobedience or the problem of mankind and its
phenomenological, existential and ontological implications for the society of
the future on this planet earth. This number three issue is an enactment of the
relevance of philosophy in building a harmonious, conducive, peaceful and
progressive human habitat on this planet. It is a re-affirmation of the fact
that philosophy is both abstract and practical, it is metaphysical and
empirical and to sum it up is both ontological and phenomenological in leading
man into wisdom and showing him the way to salvation. That is why the Bible in
Hosea 4:6 says, “my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. The ancient
Egyptian proverb says “man know thyself” and Socrates, the ancient Athenian
philosopher says, :unexamined life is not worth living”. This special issue is
on the age long trajectory of philosophy to make man examine himself, know
thyself and hence acquire the knowledge for a sustainable future. To further
conversations and interrogations on this subject matter are the following
research papers; Monastic Philosophy of
the Origin of University by Charles Nnaji; Users Perception of University Library Resources by Obiozor-Ekeze,
Roseline N. Is There An Igbo-African
Logic? by Ogugua Ikechukwu; Friendship
In Cisero; A Pre-Condition For Development by Chidinma Ukaulor; African Theodicy, a Panacea to Niger Delta
Youth Restiveness by Uche A. Dike, and An Appraised Of Man’s Essence In Bantu Ontology by Mbaegbu C.A.
Volume ten (10) is on the
Adamic problem of sin and disobedience which is a philosophical problem or the
problem of philosophy in general. Number one (1) is on Phenomenology and Adamic
dilemma on the planet earth. Number two (2) is on Philosophy and society and
number three (3) is on Philosophy and praxis all on the problem of Philosophy
(Adamic disobedience) and mankind.
Open Journal of Philosophy (OJPP), Scientific
Research Publishing
Journal website: http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojpp
And co-publisher:
Essence,
Interdisciplinary International Journal
ESSENCE
LIBRARY
(Cultural
and Scientific Development Centre)
Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka and Lagos, Nigeria.