What is Philosophy?
The word philosophy is derived from the Greek word Philosiphia. This is a compound word composed of two parts, Philo meaning love and Sophia meaning wisdom. To be a Philosopher is to love wisdom. The most influential Philosophers took this idea and applied it to many aspects of everyday life and thinking. The Greeks believed that wisdom itself did not come naturally to all humans. They believed that wisdom was the view of thing just being as opposed the way they appeared, or in other words, the world believed to "be" was only an illusion in contrast to what could be argued through common sense. They thrived on the idea of achieving a knowledge of "Being", in its simplest form. Western Philosophy as we know it is rooted in these ideas.
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I was just wondering how Philosophy and religion have roles in eachother.
To build off of what Dean said----
Philosophy and relgion are interconnected in that their are many different schools of thought in terms of each relgion. Ergo, the different branches of Christianity or Judaism. Each branch has its own philosophies to debate with all other branches, and are thusly connected.
thats really interesting. i never knew that the word philosohpia really ment love and wisdom and that a philospher was someone who "loved wisdom". thats really intersting. now whenever i hear that word, it has alot more meaning and makes me understand what im reading or listening to alot more.
The idea of "being" is interesting as most of the philosophers just thought and didnt experiment
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