what do you mean by philosophy?

Answer 1

sophia came from the greek means wisdom , always philosophy touch person in the mind with knowledge and wisdom and freedom and love
Love 2 you

Answer 2

To the ancient Greeks we owe our love of wisdom. Or at least the word philosophy, which is the same thing, phil meaning "love" and sophy meaning "wisdom." Combined, the two elements mean both a love of wisdom and a desire for it. In English, philosophy first appears in writing as early as 1340, when it is explained for the benefit of readers unfamiliar with the word as "love of wysdome." Wisdom is a word native to English, but we had no term for the love of learning or the desire to gain wisdom. Like the rest of the Western world, we learned that from the Greeks

Answer 3

Philosophy means the love of wisdom.

Answer 4

Philosophy simply means love of wisdom,actually it does not have any proper definition,but simply love of wisdom.It is science as well as art.Science gives proof for its experiments but philosophy can not do the same but what it says it is true like science says there is no soul b'cos it cannot proves it but it is a fact that there is soul.Existence of soul is not proved by science but still it is a fact that philosophy says.Even plilosophy canot prove it thru scientific methods but it advocates that there is soul.Ultimately we can call it a love of wisdom.

Answer 5

By philosophy, I mean a rational, systematic search of knowledge, values, ethics, aesthetics and morality as applied to everyday living to mankind for the more peaceful, productive and sympathetic world, in other words, brotherhood without borders as portrayed in a song "Imagine" by John Lennon. Moreover, I'm sure our studies and practice of such philosophy enhance our state of human beings to excel our power of wisdom with more/better understanding and, thus, applying to our work or leisure at will. It helps us understand ourselves through the process of reconsideration as enlightened by Plato. Again, he said something like the life not reconsidered is not worth living. (I'm sorry I don't have the note nearby, I may come back to improve the wording for exact statement).

Answer 6

Set of beliefs or ideas.

For example, my friends philosophy is to always do his best. My philosophy is to always try to be second best.

(His seems to work better, but I have had mine for a long time, so I will keep it.)

Answer 7

Philosophy is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. A theory or attitude that guides one’s behaviour or the study of the theoretical basis of a branch of knowledge or experience.

Answer 8

Every act of human being is preceeded by a series of thoughts, knowledge about the thought, dissemination of the knowledge. In my opinion Philosophy is the art of elevating the thought to the higest level, thus seeking higher knowledge and action.

Answer 9

Philosophy is the attempt to obtain truth (or love) through a process of reasoning (or the application of wisdom).

Answer 10

What I mean is one thing, and what is meant generally is another. Technically, the Greek roots of the word mean "lover of wisdom" and this is what I mean when I say "Philosopher". Sages and mystics I call philosophers, because they know, love, live by and for, that wisdom

What is meant, especially in the West, by "philosopher" really is a thinker,a seeker, an enquirer, one who is out to know. He does not know. yet. And how can you love something that you don"t know? But even this much is enough to distinguish him as a cut above the rest of his fellows, whose sole aim is achieving personal goals, especially in such a materialistic society as the West has become. A scholar, a learned man, a well-read man, an intelligent man, one who can think for himself, who has gathered a lot of facts and information and comes out with an " ......ism". This is what is meant by "philosopher". Mere knowledge. But knowledge is not wisdom.Those who don"t know think. Those who know don"t have to think.