, ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁remain , ▁not ▁because ▁of ▁historical ▁events ▁nor ▁chance , ▁" but ▁because ▁no ▁tradition ▁had ▁for ese en ▁its ▁appearance ," ▁no ▁tradition ▁or ▁no ▁" test ament " ▁had ▁been ▁able ▁to ▁announ ce ▁the ▁coming ▁and ▁the ▁reality ▁of ▁this ▁tre asure . ▁Indeed , ▁tradition ▁is ▁what ▁" select s ▁and ▁names , ▁( ...) ▁hands ▁down ▁and ▁pres erves , ▁( ...) ▁indicates ▁where ▁the ▁tre asures ▁are ▁and ▁what ▁their ▁worth ▁is ." ▁ ▁Analysis ▁of ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Western ▁philosophy ▁According ▁to ▁Ar end t , ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁European ▁philosoph ical ▁thinking ▁date ▁back ▁to ▁An cient ▁Greece , ▁with ▁Arist ot le ▁and ▁Pl ato . ▁Pl ato ▁had ▁taught ▁us ▁that ▁the ▁truth ▁was ▁not ▁present ▁within ▁the ▁society ▁and ▁in ▁public ▁affairs , ▁but ▁in ▁et ernal ▁ideas , ▁as ▁demonstrated ▁in ▁the ▁alleg ory ▁of ▁the ▁cave . ▁On ▁the ▁contrary , ▁Marx ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁" tr uth ▁is ▁not ▁outside ▁the ▁affairs ▁of ▁men ▁and ▁their ▁common ▁world ▁but ▁precisely ▁in ▁them ." ▁ ▁The ▁end ▁of ▁Plat onic ▁and ▁Arist ote lean ▁tradition ▁of ▁philosophy ▁came ▁with ▁Marx , ▁according ▁to ▁whom ▁the ▁phil os opher ▁had ▁to ▁turn ▁away ▁from ▁philosophy ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁be ▁involved ▁in ▁society ▁and ▁human ▁affairs ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁change ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁For ▁Ar end t , ▁Marx ist ▁philosophy ▁cons iders ▁that ▁man ▁creates ▁himself , ▁that ▁his ▁human ity ▁is ▁the ▁result ▁of