Thinking about Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems. A view that admits no real difference between right and wrong answers and one must think that there are more than just one real answer and/or solution to any given question or problem. “The ancient Greeks, who were among the first to practice philosophy, coined the term, which means “love of wisdom.” Those who study philosophy are called philosophers.”
Philosophy consists of a number of disciplines, each containing interrelated sub-disciplines such as logic, value, theory, metaphysics, epistemology, and the history of philosophy in which is divided into different periods such as Ancient, Medieval, Early and Modern, and both the 19th and 29th Centuries. Philosophy can be difficult to interpret because of issues tend to be very abstract and when reading it passages can become very complex and it can take a few times to re-read the same passage to get the deep understand of the passage. "Philosophy is rationally critical thinking, of a more or less systematic kind about the general nature of the world (metaphysics or theory of existence), the justification of belief (epistemology or theory of knowledge), and the conduct of life (ethics or theory of value).” Philosophy is the way one looks at any given situations and how to handle them. My meaning of Philosophy is not to take life seriously, it is the attitude one takes to solve a problem or towards life than can create our own way of Philosophical thinking. The questions we ask ourselves, the why, where, when, and how defines our own Philosophy on a given topic or situation. We can be closed minded and feel there is no need to explore beyond what we believe to be right or wrong.
We can be open minded and explore the possibilities that surround us, to stop and think that there are more than just one point of view, thoughts, feelings, emotions, and so on than our own. To explore the