在一定的意义上,孩子都是自发的哲学家。他们当然并不知道什么是哲学,但是,活跃在他们小脑瓜里的许多问题是真正哲学性质的。我相信,就平均水平而言,孩子们对哲学问题的兴趣要远远超过大多数成人。然而,在多数人身上,随着年龄和阅历增长,曾经有过的那种自发的哲学兴趣似乎完全消失了,岁月把一个个小哲学家改造成了大俗人。之所以发生这种情况,孩子周围的大人(包括家长和老师) In a certain sense, children are spontaneous philosophers. Of course they do not know what philosophy is, but many of the issues active in their little brains are truly philosophical. I believe that, on average, children’s interest in philosophical issues far outweighs that of most adults. However, in most people, the spontaneous philosophical interest that once existed seems to have disappeared altogether as the age and experience increase. Years have transformed small philosophers into laypeople. The reason why this happens, adults around the children (including parents and teachers)