He did not realize that the self or the ego is a made of self-hypnosis. We are hypnotic creatures. The ego ( philosopher) to your mind can most effective seem if you use phrases. Without the words, the ego automatically has to take the lower back seat to turn out to be an observer within the conscious mind. The nature of the ego does not permit it to take the returned seat. Thus wondering and the ego turn out to be connected- "I think; therefore, I am". If you continue to think you are not living in a idiot's paradise