Philosophy

• Each of these definitions is interesting in its own way, and to some degree capture someof what Philosophy is about, or atleast what people think it's about.
• Philosophy 2 main divisions;

  • Western
  • Eastern
• Philosophy searches for truth.
• Philosophy deals with how life must be lived.
• Truth is not something up there, rather, truth is at the heart of human existence.
• We must have an open mind in order to understand the truth.
• Philosophy comes from the greek word “Philo (love)” and “Sophia (wisdom).
• Pythagoras, is the lovers of wisdom are called “Philosophers”
• Socrates (greek) is one of the greatest philosophers devoted his whole life in searching the truth, as truth was value in itself.
• Socrates, used the “question and answer method” (Socratic Method).
• “Unexamined life is not worth living” - Socrates
• Knowledge or wisdom can only be attained through “Doctalgnorantia”
• Philosophy (question and answer) is meant to awaken us.
• Philosophizing it means knowing the truth.
• Philosophizing (knowing the truth) does not merely accepting what is already there, rather verifying (questioning) them.
• Philosophy gives us the full view of reality.
• Philosophers is a man who thinks.
• Philosophy is concerned in finding of purpose and meaning.
• A Philosopher’s way of thinking can be described as “Abstractive”. It rises from the level of everyday life to a higher level that gives a Bird’s eye view of the whole.
• Philosopher’s from the past used their “minds to see the whole“
• Philosophy produces “Insights” which means seeing with the mind. (Ferriols, 2001)
• Philosophers always asked question.
• Questions is more important than the answer.
• Thales, is the first philosopher in western history
• Philosophy is concerned with how Philosophical mind moves (process of thinking).
• Dealing Philosophy means “looking what is beyond”
• Holistic Perspective, learn to and see how a thing is related to everything else.
• Pre-Socratic, the origin of western philosophy
• Pre-Socratic, started to question the world around them.
• Pre-Socratic, they sought to find a primary principle, known as archê, which was the basic material of the universe.
• Pre-Socratic, it means “before Socrates” during 1903 by German scholar Hermann Diel.
• Socrates was actually alive during the same time as many of the pre-socratic philosophers.
• Pre-Socratic term relates to the differences in ideology and principles.
• Milesian School in the city of Miletus
• Milesian School Philosophers

  • Thales
  • Anaximander
  • Anaximenes
• Thales, for him, Water is the archê (Evaporation and condensation)
• Anaximander, for him, Apeiron is an element of undefined, unlimited, and indefinite substance.
• Anaximenes, for him, Air is everywhere and has the ability to undergo processes and become transformed into other things, such as water, wind, fire, and even the earth.
• Pythagoras, for him, (Numbers) mathematical relations and that it governs everything. Everything could be measured and predicted by the use of mathematics.
• Heraclitus of Ephesus, for him, Change is constant. Change represents FIRE element and that everything was manifested by it. He popularize the notion that “one cannot step in the same river twice.