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Punch Newspapers Sections Published 31 January 2021 As blows of increasing fatalities from COVID-19 pandemic and untimely death of many close friends, especially intellectual colleagues, weigh in lately, I have found myself retreating into my study to engage in largely philosophical reflections, simply as a form of escape. I had asked myself that if revered colleagues continue to be ravaged at this rate, how many eulogies and tributes could one possibly write with a troubled mind that wonders more about meaninglessness and one’s mortality.  In this philosophical state, I found that, even in the midst of the woes, there are people to celebrate. Indeed, at the very depth of my heart, I am a philosopher. This is an admission that is so easy for me to make. It comes from the realisation that my failed attempt, when preparing to enter the university, to professionally become a philosopher does not stop me from being one in practice. In other words, philosophy is not only a scholarly

Jacques derridaPeter ekehClaude akeOlusegun oladipoAdeshina afolayanTunji olaopaBayo okunadeMax weberMargaret meadAli mazruiNigeria national institute forUniversity of ibadanDepartment of philosophyDepartment of political scienceProfessor ojetunji aboyade development policy centreHarvard kennedy school of government