Philosophy supplies the raison d etre of religious practices, even of ritual, image and symbol. If religion is the body, philosophy is the life in it. Philosophy ennobles religion, sublimates art and stabilises the sciences, such as sociology, ethics and politics. It was the hope of Plato that the philosopher and the ruler be found in the same person, if the world is to have peace. Philosophy is also the remedy for the illnesses which psychoanalysis has been immaturely attempting to trace back to a supposed irrationality of behaviour.
Philosophy discovers the rationality behind the so-called irrational urges.
In India, philosophy as Darshana has always been associated with practice or Sadhana . What goes by the name of Yoga is the implementation of philosophy in practical life, with reference to the psychological functions predominating in an individual. Philosophy has therefore relation to one s being more than to one s intellectual grasping of outer situations. The philosophic truth is neither the inner nor the outer merely, for it is the whole . The cosmic gets mirrored in the consciousness of the philosopher who lives it more than anything else.