philosophy is the science of all things and beings in their ultimate principles and causes acquired by the aid of human intellect alone.
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or in other definition
It is a science of the ultimate awareness of things
(e.g. causes and effects)
Genesis:
Socrates - stated that philosophy started from a mere process called "Wondering"
("Wondering" - asking questions;finding an answer to the questions.)
According to Eicero, philosophy is a love of wisdom
PHILOS - which means "love"
SOPHIA - which means "wisdom"
(c) Prof.Arnel Malitao - FEU Philosophy I Professor
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Translated literally from its ancient Greek roots, Philosophy means "love of wisdom." Taking this as its "real" definition, Philosophy has been quite differently, even "nominally," defined through the centuries. For instance, in the 20th century, the predominant understanding of Philosophy was as "concept-clarification."
the name of the writer
The definition of man according to philosophy is a human being. This definition also states that man is a rational animal with insight ability to reason.
Philosophy is the search for wisdom and enlightenment, especially the ultimate reality.
The nominal definition of philosophy is the study of fundamental and general problems. These are problems which are related to mind, language, knowledge, values, reason, existence and reality.
Translated literally from its ancient Greek roots, Philosophy means "love of wisdom." Taking this as its "real" definition, Philosophy has been quite differently, even "nominally," defined through the centuries. For instance, in the 20th century, the predominant understanding of Philosophy was as "concept-clarification."
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the name of the writer
The definition of man according to philosophy is a human being. This definition also states that man is a rational animal with insight ability to reason.
Philosophy is the search for wisdom and enlightenment, especially the ultimate reality.
The nominal definition of philosophy is the study of fundamental and general problems. These are problems which are related to mind, language, knowledge, values, reason, existence and reality.
Definition of philosophy is escape mechanism to convince self and others.
A philosophy in the Far East.
Pessimistic philosophy
the act of teaching philosophy
The dictionary essentially defines Philosophy as the study of knowledge or the study of how we know knowledge. Another definition of philosophy is basically a set of views or theories of a particular philosopher. An example of this is Objectivism being the philosophy created by writer Ann Rand.
Since to be a philosopher is to be a lover of wisdom and since there are different conceptions of the nature of wisdom, there are different conceptions of what philosophy is. Since they are not compatible, there is no way to provide a definition of philosophy that will satisfy everyone. .