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Introduction to Philosophy

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Introduction to PhilosophyRoland Theuas S. Pada M.A.

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Philosophy in its usual or common meaning usually implies a guiding attitude/behavior of an individual or a group.

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What is Philosophy?

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What is Philosophy?

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Philosophy

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Philosophy

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PhilosophyDerived From two Greek

Words:Philo - Love

Sophia - Wisdom

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PhilosophyDerived From two Greek

Words:Philo - Love

Sophia - Wisdom

“Lover of Wisdom”

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Beyond Etymology...

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Beyond Etymology...

Despite the seemingly simplistic combination of the words “Love” and “Wisdom” the complexity of the discipline of Philosophy requires further contextualization.

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To “Love” is more than “to like” or to take something as interesting.

Loving, is in itself an act of participation towards the project of its object. It is a deep relationship that goes beyond superficial relationships.

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Wisdom on the other hand, is more than just distinguishing what is right from what is wrong.

Sophia is a Greek word that implies more than cognition.

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In the Greek sense of the word Sophia, ‘Wit’ is a much apt translation than ‘Wisdom.’

It connotes the strategy of Greek warfare in which the strategy of the enemy is thwarted through an even better, clever, and cunning strategy.

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Philosophy is defined as: “The science of all things in their ultimate causes and principles known by the light of human reason alone.”

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

*Systematic*Methodic*Organized*Communal

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

Seeks to understand the

underlying principle behind

reality.

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

Considers man as its source and foundation of

knowledge in its pursuit of

understanding

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

Considers man as its source and foundation of

knowledge in its pursuit of

understanding

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Let us understand this definition by its parts:

Science

Ultimate Causes and Principles

Known through human reason

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One could say then that philosophy is a rigorous discipline that spans over a wide area of knowledge.

It is a discipline that is flexible as long as it involves humanity.

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During ancient times, the Greeks used the term ‘philosophy’ or ‘philosopher’ to refer to all the disciplines or its practitioner in their pursuit of learning.

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The sciences for example have been under the discipline of philosophy since ancient times.

The term “Atom” was invented by a Greek Philosopher Leucippus and Democritus.

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Mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton have all been openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton have all been openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton have all been openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton have all been openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton have all been openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton have all been openly known as philosophers.

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Mathematicians such as Pythagoras, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton have all been openly known as philosophers.

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In the field of psychology, the study of both the conscious and the unconscious has been explored by philosophers such as Aristotle, Rene Descartes, John Locke, and David Hume.

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Freud once said that in reading the works of Nietzsche (again, a philosopher), he has found himself mimicking an already written position in psychoanalysis.

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Freud once said that in reading the works of Nietzsche (again, a philosopher), he has found himself mimicking an already written position in psychoanalysis.

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Freud once said that in reading the works of Nietzsche (again, a philosopher), he has found himself mimicking an already written position in psychoanalysis.

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Freud once said that in reading the works of Nietzsche (again, a philosopher), he has found himself mimicking an already written position in psychoanalysis.

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Freud once said that in reading the works of Nietzsche (again, a philosopher), he has found himself mimicking an already written position in psychoanalysis.

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In the field of Politics, one also finds Philosophy as both the perpetrator and culprit for most political systems.

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Democracy, which was invented by the Greeks, was made popular by the philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rosseau, during the age of enlightenment.

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Democracy, which was invented by the Greeks, was made popular by the philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rosseau, during the age of enlightenment.

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Democracy, which was invented by the Greeks, was made popular by the philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rosseau, during the age of enlightenment.

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Democracy, which was invented by the Greeks, was made popular by the philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rosseau, during the age of enlightenment.

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Democracy, which was invented by the Greeks, was made popular by the philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rosseau, during the age of enlightenment.

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Communism and Socialism on the other hand was also inspired by the philosophical writings of Karl Marx, who constructed this idea from another philosopher: G.W.F Hegel.

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Communism and Socialism on the other hand was also inspired by the philosophical writings of Karl Marx, who constructed this idea from another philosopher: G.W.F Hegel.

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Communism and Socialism on the other hand was also inspired by the philosophical writings of Karl Marx, who constructed this idea from another philosopher: G.W.F Hegel.

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Communism and Socialism on the other hand was also inspired by the philosophical writings of Karl Marx, who constructed this idea from another philosopher: G.W.F Hegel.

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Communism and Socialism on the other hand was also inspired by the philosophical writings of Karl Marx, who constructed this idea from another philosopher: G.W.F Hegel.

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Philosophy itself is both practical and useful to contemporary times.

It is once more freed from the distinctions in the fields of knowledge.

Now it is applied to History, Literature, the Arts, Music, Cinematography, Political Science, Psychology and more.

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Philosophy is not merely a wanton act of intellectual masturbation, rather it is a meaningful and rewarding contemplation about reality and how one should act upon it.

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