In the preceding analysis we have interpreted at length a number of opinions that have arisen in the history of philosophy. We have thus treated a subject that is primarily historical-analytical, the subject of the history of opinions concerning the essence of philosophy. We have also dealt with material-systematic subjects concerning the sources of philosophy and its influence on the course of man's life. We now come to the discussion of the subject of the relation of philosophy as a systematic activity to the history of philosophy. Why did we take the historical path and why are we now faced with the systematic question concerning the relation of philosophy to its own history?