Let us return to our diagram of the philosophic process for a moment. We have grounded philosophy not in scholarship nor in criticism and analysis of past ideas, but in the process or act of philosophizing. Philosophizing was our starting-place. So we have grounded philosophy deep within the spirit, deep within the organism. Here we enter a mystery.
Philosophy comes from beyond itself.
Philosophizing creates philosophy. Philosophy is a consequence of a prior, deeper exploration or drive in the organism, the person, the spirit. It is not solely in the clear and intelligible waters of philosophy in which we must navigate. We must be free to enter the unexplored, unmapped, obscure, and ever-surprising waters outside as well. We must set sail to the source even of philosophizing itself - and, if possible, beyond even that.