Does Philosophy Have Anything to Say to Our Age?

The article discusses the relation of philosophy to the evolution of civilization in the U.S. It is difficult to imagine any philosopher in the atomic age being taken seriously enough to cause him to be silenced by the powers. There is no age can afford to do without wisdom, but there are peculiarities of different ages which may emphasize the need of wisdom. Man is endowed with rational, moral, and spiritual potentialities which were he will use and apply. It would be sufficient for him to make it possible to live and get along with his fellows.