How Personal Experience Affects Philosophy

Every perception a person has is based upon their own personal experience. People perceive the world differently because no two people have the same experiences. Experience makes us who we are. It shapes our minds and opinions, our likes and dislikes. Therefore, it is difficult to have one ideal definition of certain concepts, such as justice, virtue, and an ideal society. Our experiences color our opinions of people different than ourselves and even our opinion …

…taken verbatim; they are simply guidelines. People should also learn to not fear the unknown. They should accept people and ideas that are different from themselves. Differences in opinion lead to innovation. Our society would still be a primitive one had people not thought of ways to modernize it. People need to have different experiences in order to imagine new and wonderful ideas. Unity does not promote individual creative thinking, which is necessary for change.