2007-04-21 08:35:39 · 10 answers · asked by :-) 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
What traits does a philosopher has?
2007-04-21 08:43:47 · update #1
If one is in love with wisdom and continually seeks access to the depths of understanding, chances are this one is a philosopher.
2007-04-21 08:55:44 · answer #1 · answered by ___ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The great philosophers of the past have also been great mathematicians, like the theoretical physicists of today. Numbers go beyond what we understand and "see" and they can be proved out. We sent men to the moon because the math worked on paper. Before - the space program was philosophy, after - it was a proved science! Thats how it works. Oh, and as Einstein liked to say "imagination is more important than knowledge". In other words, imagination (the philosopher) creates knowledge (the scientist). Without imagination there is no knowledge! Get it? What makes a great philosopher is a brilliant and curious mind.
2007-04-21 16:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by Rich H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everyone who thinks has, at some time, been a philosopher.
2007-04-21 19:24:55 · answer #3 · answered by Colleen S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think critically with an open mind so as to find the truth, you are a philosopher.
2007-04-21 15:43:59 · answer #4 · answered by ellipse4 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never being able to come up with an answer makes you a philosopher; for if you found answers to your questions, you'd have nothing to 'philosophize' about
2007-04-21 15:45:36 · answer #5 · answered by elin_derick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Checking your ideas back against reality to make sure they work.
Seeking to live by ideas that work, as your context, by means of kai ze, continual attempts at improvement.
Defining by the internal prioritized 5--6 working parts of things, not pretending to think by giving regard only to childish appearances.
And being honest about when you can guarantee you ideas will work--and when you still can't.
2007-04-21 15:42:27 · answer #6 · answered by Robert David M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are all human and therefore we are all philosophers. If you don't have any questions about life, you are not human.
2007-04-21 16:53:19 · answer #7 · answered by Skyline 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Philosophy is Greek for the "love of wisdom". Those who love wisdom then, are likely philosophers.
Phenomenology, ethics, aesthetics, etc. are different branches in the field of philosophy.
2007-04-21 16:02:53 · answer #8 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard times and being powerless.
2007-04-21 15:42:05 · answer #9 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
let me think about that
2007-04-21 15:42:35 · answer #10 · answered by bombaybubba 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋