PHILOSOPHY

• Philosophy


  Derived from two Greek words: Philos (Love) and Sophia (Wisdom)
• Pythagoras (570 BCE to 490 BCE)


  First person to use the word 'Philosopher'
• No man could possess wisdom. Wisdom was the privileged possession of God
• Philosopher's view


  Truth is universal.
• Sophists

  • Group of individuals who taught oratory for a fee to individual
  • Paid Atheists
• "Knowledge is Virtue" - Socrates
• "Philosophy begins in wonder -- it is mere beyond curiosity" - Plato (Theory of Forms)
• Established the academy, the First University to emerge in the history of Western Europe. (Plato)
• "All men by nature desire to know" - Aristotle
• Modern Democracy 


  6 elements
• Human rights, civil rights, political rights


  Basic Rights and Freedom
• Suffrage 


  The right to participate in elections by casting vote
• Freedom of Speech 


  Citizens are able to voice out the agreement, disagreement, affirmations, etc. to the government