PHILOSOPHY

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  • 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