2006-08-13 07:26:29 · 11 answers · asked by iluvunda559 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The term philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. What philosophy is, or should be, is itself a philosophical question that philosophers have understood and treated differently through the ages.
For me it is the study of truths about tangible and intangible reality. The search for wisdom and the art of making the right questions...
2006-08-13 07:31:35 · answer #1 · answered by JACK_GOES_TRAVELLING 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
phi·los·o·phy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (f-ls-f)
n. pl. phi·los·o·phies
Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self-discipline.
Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods.
A system of thought based on or involving such inquiry: the philosophy of Hume.
The critical analysis of fundamental assumptions or beliefs.
The disciplines presented in university curriculums of science and the liberal arts, except medicine, law, and theology.
The discipline comprising logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and epistemology.
A set of ideas or beliefs relating to a particular field or activity; an underlying theory: an original philosophy of advertising.
A system of values by which one lives: has an unusual philosophy of life.
2006-08-13 07:31:02 · answer #2 · answered by Mandy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
* doctrine: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
* the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
* any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a
situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
* the study of truths about reality. The search for wisdom.
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The term philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. What philosophy is, or should be, is itself a philosophical question that philosophers have understood and treated differently through the ages.
2006-08-15 04:10:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A drunk says out loud, what the wise man only thinks to himself.
“Philosophy, rightly defined, is simply the love of wisdom.”
2006-08-13 07:39:59 · answer #4 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Investigation of the nature, causes, or principles of reality, knowledge, or values, based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods
2006-08-13 10:43:09 · answer #5 · answered by Jubei 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A science or something that refers to the meaning of life and other boring stuff!
2006-08-16 04:09:37 · answer #6 · answered by thetigerdan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me?
Same as a night of heavy drinking.
Enjoyable but followed by confusion and aspirin.
2006-08-13 07:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use of reason and argument in seeking truth and knowledge of reality, esp. knowledge of the causes and nature of things and of the principles governing existence.
2006-08-13 08:39:41 · answer #8 · answered by spooky_bebun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love of wisdom
2006-08-13 12:52:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
love of wisdom
2006-08-13 07:29:50 · answer #10 · answered by nelabis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋