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Philosophy is better than Ideology

' Ideology ' and ' Philosophy ' are terms which are often used interchangeably even though there exists a big difference between the two. Ideology is a system of ideas and ideals propounded by few and infused into the masses.  Philosophy is an insight into elements of truth, realised by one's own experience and study.  While ideology is for the masses, philosophy is for the individual. Ideology is borrowed from the outside. On the other hand philosophy while stimulated from the outside of our being it is realised from within. Ideology's main function is to provide cohesion and direction to a group, in pursuit of, religious, political, social, cultural and economic objectives, as defined by the ideology's founders and leaders.  Once infected with an ideology, he or she becomes a member of a mob, an assembly of irrational individuals. An ideology can be placid or even rabid, but its adherents and followers are usually so blinded by thei...