The college years are a time of great learning. We learn more about ourselves, and we desire our growth as people of this world. We learn about history, literature, science, and other fields at a much deeper level, and all for a deeper purpose. We learn one of the most important lessons in our few years here, and that is taking care of and forming ourselves separate from our parents and their views, and developing our own. As a separate person, we desire the truth. "Rather, philosophy, without apology, forcefully directs attention to the relentless efforts of human beings to achieve an organized view of themselves and the universe in which they live" (Honer, Hunt, Okholm 20). We have entered the college atmosphere to understand why we believe what we believe. For example, many students grow up in a Christian home, where their parent's layout for them what they will believe. The parents, and not wrongfully, encourage their children towards the teachings of the Bible and having faith in it. However, between the ages of eighteen to twenty-five, and often before that, those children often begin questioning these "truths," and wondering whether or not they have just been brainwashed or whether they want to continue in these beliefs. They desire an experience that proves its validity, or facts written in a book that allows them to believe, or simply an understanding of the message. Because of the myriad questions raised by philosophy, people often "build their religious convictions on foundations that are intellectually mature and defensible," (22) rather than alone on the words of their parents.
             Countless youth rebel against their parent's conservative political views to embrace the beliefs of their contemporaries. They desire to be separate units that gain wisdom themselves, and they gain this 'wisdom' often in higher education. "The questions 'What is good?', 'What is right?', and 'What is beautiful?' are dealt with in the area o...