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The area of study known as philosophy is generally believed to have begun in Ancient Greece with the speculation about the underlying nature of the physical world by individuals such as Thales and Anaximander. The word philosophy was first used by Pythagoras and is derived from the words, philia, meaning wisdom, and sophia, meaning knowledge. Therefore, philosophy literally means “love of knowledge”. Philosophy is most concerned with the attainment of wisdom and the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus asserted that wisdom is not knowing a multitude of facts, but having a unified view of reality. His rival Parmenides constantly tried to prove the opposite views and gave philosophy its reputation as “a severe discipline of reasoned knowledge”.
The three most famous philosophers of Ancient Greece, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle further developed philosophy. ... In essence, Socrates was saying that when man wonders is when philosophy begins and to wonder means to realize that there is something strange behind things that we ordinarily perceive. ... This is the spring from which all of philosophy has arisen.
Philosophy itself is concerned with the pursuit of wisdom. ... Philosophy is divided into two types, analytic philosophy and synthetic philosophy. ... Moreover, philosophy is divided into several different areas of study. ...
Epistemology is the study of the origins, validity, and limits of knowledge; the theory of knowledge. ... It explores the origins and uniqueness of the cosmos and is highly influenced by the knowledge discipline of physics.
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