According to cognitive therapy, many of the problems associated with mental illness are based on the fact that one thinks incorrectly or inadequately. When someone starts to think in a new way and creates a philosophy, this perspective may be of great help. My idea is that philosophy may be a path to mental health, both because the thinking in itself gives pleasure, but also because one may get a more clear perspective on everything happening in this world. To understand why, makes it easier to cope with any how. When we use our creativity something more than self-realization and therapy takes place.
Creative philosophers make something new.
The mental and inner life changes, and when we develop as mental beings this may result in action. Both reading and thinking opens a new world, by giving insight into what others have thought as well as through the challenge of engaging in personal reflections and attempts at understanding reality. Conclusion Reading and reflecting upon texts by Plato, Aristotle, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Russell or Wittgenstein may be stimulating, a kind of therapy and develop one's mental world. My vision is that philosophy can have an impact on society in general, and that activity the history of philosophy represents can be a fruitful part of many peoples lives.