Philosophy is interpretation of the possibilities and premises of how we conduct our lives and experience the world. Things come more clearly into focus when we see them in a new context that is not colored by our present situation. Only then do they become philosophical in nature. Philosophy encompasses a variety of questions which are subject to change depending on the current historical situation and on what other philosophies a philosopher draws on. What a course of study in philosophy thus entails above all is inquiry into the great classical philosophies.