Like other great philosophers before him, Gernot Böhme presents an invitation to engage in philosophy here - for all those who have found philosophy to be something foreign and academically daunting. Without prerequisites, he introduces the reader to philosophy, or rather: he entices them to philosophize. He draws on his own experiences with philosophy in his life, making this book a kind of philosophical autobiography. In the second part, he explains what philosophy means as a profession and as "world wisdom," namely as a social commitment to what concerns everyone.