The Irrelevance of Success for Philosophical Quality

So often, we treat people that are successful within society as the people who have value to speak on philosophy or the understanding of humanity and our place in the universe. This is a faux perception which makes sense but ultimately holds little truth.

Think about the scale of reality and our universe. Our social and societal constructs are important for the organization and productivity of humanity but they are regularly changing and there isn't a single one of them that holds significant importance from one culture to the next. Going by my definition of philosophy which is "truth over time", this makes social or societal success essential irrelevant and potentially detrimental due to bias for true and correct philosophy.

Success in society is a requirement for survival of living in society so I am certainly not saying that success is not important. Specifically, what I am confidently saying, is that success is irrelevant for measuring the quality of philosophy produced.

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