Philosophical practice brings about a change in the role of the philosopher. Immanuel Kant served as role model for the philosopher in Europe. He was pictured as a sage, investigating principles of thought, prescribing moral rules for actions, a university teacher, transmitting profound knowledge. Socrates is the role model for the philosopher in philosophical practice. In philosophical practice, the philosopher is becoming a facilitator of dialogue, passionately arguing and involved with people (in stead of an academic career), amazed and curious like Socrates, hesitant, posing questions with a (good) sense of humour, creative and creating. These can be the characteristics of an artist too, in accordance with Nelson’s idea that practicing philosophy is like playing a piece of music. However, reflexivity is the difference. A reflexive attitude is trained during the study of philosophy by studying texts. In a philosophical practice, the philosopher exhibits this attitude in dialogue with other people. The practical philosopher is original, just like an artist, but his thoughts and actions are grounded in philosophy. As “the philosopher is philosophical practice” (Achenbach), a change of image is required. The critique on academic philosophy was well captured by Nietzsche when he said: “The philosopher has become a philologist”. The image of a philosopher interpreting, explaining, and teaching texts, living withdrawn at universities and only accessible for a small group of students after years of study should change. The philosopher should go out into the market place. He might take up the attitude of a philologist there, but instead of reading texts he is reading people now with a purpose of constructing a metaphor in order to give meaning to the life of individuals. By doing this the practical philosopher complies with an ancient tradition: the search of wisdom and truth by constructing metaphors. Philosophy comes to live now or to quote one of the founding fathers of our discipline, Pierre Hadot, “But philosophy itself, that is to say, the mode of philosophical life, is no longer divided into parts, but a unique act that consists in living logic, physics and ethics.” I think this is exactly what philosophers should exhibit in philosophical practice.