MAKURDI OWL JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY

It was Battista Mondin who declared that 'man is an impossible possibility'. Put in other words, this philosophico-anthropological rendition by Mondin is Ian open cheque analysis that humanity has the capacity to make what may appear impossible, very possible. This pronouncement is only semantically different from the existentialists' understanding of man. To the existentialists, 'man is a being that is what it is not'. That is, man or humanity is not a finished product, manufactured or produced and placed on the shelf, but rather a dynamic being capable of giving meaning or defining existence and human existence. This is akin to the Protagorean assertion that 'man is the measure of all things…'. In other words, existence and human existence cannot but, be best defined and given meaning to, only by the human. To achieve this, man relies heavily on philosophy for development, meaning, liberation and elevation. Premised on this, the paper explores, by way of demonstrating that existence and human existence devoid of philosophy, is existence lacking in meaningful meaning. The study employs philosophical analysis to achieve its objective. The conclusion of this study is that philosophy as a critical activity is inevitable in the liberation, enlightening of humanity, giving meaning to existence and human existence. Simply put, meaningful existence and human existence cannot be without philosophy.

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