What is your definition of “philosophy”? Or what, in your opinion, is it supposed to be?

I am still reading the posts from the last question I asked, whether you admire “philosophy” or not, and so far I did not see many positive opinions. I did not count, but only one person who replied to my post said they did. I’ve been wondering whether philosophy is supposed to be what it is currently.<br><br><br><br>***<br><br><br><br>I see many posted from hundreds of years ago here. The reason for this is that philosophy from the past is the one that is working because it has “survived” through the ages. If you read Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, or whoever else, you can see how their ideas affected modern society. It can be argued that they had the “luxury” of working in a time when science was barely developed and their thoughts were still somewhat relevant. Now, when philosophy is less needed, many persons with the power to publish and teach philosophy today are people who wouldn’t be able to survive in more competitive environments like science.