What is the meaning of Philosophy?

What is Philosophy ?
Before I explain what it is, it might be worthwhile clarifying what it isn't. Philosophy is not about two old men sitting around the fireplace discussing the
meaning of life. Unfortunately, that is the type of mental picture most people have of the discipline. It is generally seen as having little connection to real
life, and something you might engage in if you had nothing better to do with your time. The worst myth about philosophy is the belief that it is a subject
for the intellectual elite, with no relevance to the common man.
That this is society's conception o…