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HA, HA!

COOL!

HELLO KIDS! GOOD AFTERNOON!

GICHIN, THIS IS WEIRD

I SEE

FINALLY I FOUND THE CHILDREN I WAS SEARCHING FOR. THE REST WERE NOT SURPRISEDDONT BE FRIGHTENED

YOU ARE USING YOUR RATIONAL WAY OF THINKING. YOU ARE RIGHT, I AM A CHARACTER OF A TALE.

REAL OWLS NEVER TALK. IN FACT, WE ARE ALL INSIDE A TALE. IN MY REAL LIFE I AM A PHILOSOPHY TEACHER

WHAT ARE WE DOING IN A TALE? ARE YOU A FRIEND? I INFORM YOU THAT I KNOW HOW TO DEFEND MYSELF AND I HAVE A LOT OF KIME

DONT INTERRUPT HER GICHIN, IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE FAMOUS. IM GOING TO WEAR MY BEST OUTFITS IN PUBLIC!

COME ON

DONT BE SCARED, IM NOT GOING TO HURT YOU. I JUST WAS LOOKING FOR SOME ADVENTUROUS CHILDREN FOR TEACHING THEM HOW TO PHILOSOPHIZE

ME HA DICHO UN PAJARITO QUE EL AO PASADO OS QUEJSTEIS PORQUE NINGN MAESTRO OS ENSEABA FILOSOFA MIENTRAS QUE VUESTROS PRIMOS MAYORES SABAN MUCHAS COSAS INTERESANTES Y GANABAN TODAS LAS DISCUSIONES FAMILIARES

I WAS TOLD THAT LAST YEAR YOU WERE DISSAPOINTED BECAUSE NO TEACHER TAUGHT YOU PHILOSOPHY WHEREAS YOUR OLDER COUSINS KNEW A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS AND WON ALL THE DEBATES

QU ONDA! WE WANNA ENROLL IN THE COURSE! WE ARE JUANITO AND ZOETHATS RIGHTWE ARE GICHIN AND NATASHASALUT!

OK!

Y ENTONCES QU ES LA FILOSOFA?

ENTONCES YA ESTAMOS TODOS. SI HAY MUCHOS ALUMNOS ES UN LO. PODIS LLAMARME PROFE O LECHUZA

OK!

SO WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY?

ITS ENOUGH. IF THERE WERE MORE CHILDREN IT WOULD BE A COMPLETE CHAOS. YOU CAN CALL ME TEACHER OR OWL

WAIT A SECOND, BEFORE THE WHAT LETS SEE THE WHEN. MANY YEARS AGO, DURING THE 6TH CENTURY B.C. IN GREECE , THERE WERE SOME CURIOUS MEN. THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE FIRST PHILOSOPHERSHOW CAN I UNDERSTAND THE MOVEMENT OF THE PLANETS?

THEY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE AMAZING FACTS THAT HAPPEN IN NATURE, FOR EXAMPLE WHY IT RAINSBUT IT IS EASY TO KNOW, OUR TEACHER TOLD US ABOUT THE WATER CYCLE. THERE ARE SOME CLOUDS

EXCUSEZ MOI, EASY? I KNOW ANOTHER EXPLANATION. THERE IS AN AFRICAN TRADICION WHICH SAYS THAT IF YOU DANCE CARRYING A RAIN STICK, GODS WILL CREATE RAIN

LISTEN, I HAVE A BOOK OF MYTHOLOGY WHICH SAYS THAT GODDESS DEMETER MET HER DAUGHTER IN SPRING, SO THAT THE FIELDS BLOOMEDWHERE IS THE RELATIONSHIP?ITS A MYTH THAT I KNOW. NA, NA, NAAAA

LOOK! I HAVE A CONSOLE GAME IN WHICH GOD THOR CREATES THUNDERS WITH HIS HAMMER. IT IS LINDO!COME ON I SAY THAT THE CAUSE OF RAIN IS WHAT TEACHER SAID ABOUT THE WATER CYCLE

BE QUIET, KIDS. YOU ALL ARE RIGHT. IN FACT, FOR ALMOST ALL NATURAL PROCESSES THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF EXPLANATIONS: SOME OF THEM ARE MYTHICAL, FANTASTIC OR EVEN MAGIC AND THE OTHERS ARE RATIONALTHE MAJORITY OF GREEK PEOPLE BELIEVED IN MYTHS BECAUSE THEY DIDNT KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN THINGS BETTER

MYTHSLOGOS

HOWEVER, THE FIRST PHILOSOPHERS DISAGREED. THEY LOOKED FOR BETTER AND LOGICAL EXPLANATIONS. THESE KIND OF EXPLANATIONS ARE KNOWN AS RATIONAL EXPLANATIONS BECAUSE THEY USE REASON TO FIND THE TRUTH. THATS HOW PHILOSOPHY STARTEDDIDNT THEY HAVE PROBLEMS?WELL, THEY HAD SOME PROBLEMS, BUT WE MUST CONTINUE

SOME HISTORIANS SAY THAT PHILOSOPHY IS THE MOTHER OF SCIENCES. OTHERS SAY THAT ITS NOT THE MOTHER OF ALL OF THEMI WAS ALREADY HEREWHAT DOES IT MEAN, TEACHER?

IT MEANS THAT PHILOSOPHY IS A KNOWLEDGE SO ANCIENT THAT SOME PARTS OF IT BECAME SCIENCES ALONG THE CENTURIESIVE GROWN UP!IM GOING TO TRAVELGOOD BYE, HONEY!AND WHAT DOES PHILOSOPHY DO NOWADAYS? ISNT PHILOSOPHY A SCIENCE ANYMORE?

NO, PHILOSOPHY IS NOT A SCIENCE ANYMORE. IT IS A KNOWLEDGE, A DISCIPLINE. NOWADAYS SHE WORKS WITH THE PARTS THAT ARE STILL WITH HER AND SHE THINKS ABOUT WHAT SCIENCES ARE DOINGWOULD IT BE DANGEROUS?HA! WE HAVE THE POWDER!HI MUM! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE USE OF POWDER

THATS WHY A GOOD PHILOSOPHER HAS TO KNOW A BIT OF EVERYTHINGMY MUM SAYS THAT KNOWLEDGES MAKE A WHOLE ALL TOGETHERI THOUGHT I HAD TO KNOW JUST ONE THING BUT VERY WELL

YES, ALL THE KNOWLEDGES, EVEN ARTS, MAKE A WHOLE. IMAGINE THAT CULTURE IS LIKE A SPONGE PHILOSOPHY IS THE GLUE THAT LINKS EVERYTHING AGAINBUT I WANT THE DEFINITION YOU TELL THE GROWN-UPS

OK: PHILOSOPHY IS A DISCIPLINE WHICH APPEARED IN GREECE IN THE 6TH CENTURY B. C.IT USES RATIONAL THINKING IN ORDER TO ANSWER THE BIG QUESTIONSAND WHAT ARE THESE QUESTIONS?

HA, HA, WE WILL SEE IT IN THE FOLLOWING TALE. DID YOU LIKE THE CLASS?YES!YES!YES!YES!

To all the children who have asked me what philosophy is