Nietzsche made same point. Even in his time, there was difference between Academic Philosophers, that kind of studies and regurgitator others, and "True Philoso

Nietzsche made same point. Even in his time, there was difference between Academic Philosophers, that kind of studies and regurgitator others, and "True Philosophers" that struck out into unbroken land, broke new trails. Often a characteristic of the "True Philosophers" was they were despised, un-respected, and cast out in their own time. He would point to people like Spinoza as truth seakers. On other hand. Like others have said, the ancient Greeks did treat it like self help. Stoics, were all about just dealing with life. The problem is language. We have a single word "philosophy" and try to make it into like 4 different subjects. It is dealing with life, getting through the day, but it is also about things that turn into a science like Math/Physics, and it is also ethics and language, etc... We are just trying to fit too much into one word.