Lesson 1: Nature of Philosophy

Question 1

“philo”

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Love

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“sophia”

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Wisdom

Question 3

literal translation of philosophy

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Love of wisdom

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It the systematic inquiry into the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, existence, morality, and value.

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Philosophy

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It serves as the bedrock for various disciplines, providing the conceptual framework and methodologies for understanding the world.

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Philosophy

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A science that by natural light of reason studies the first causes or highest principles of all things.

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Philosophy

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Where did philosophy start?

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Western World (Ancient Greece), 600 BCE

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Mother of All Sciences

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Philosophy

Question 9

Intrinsic human capacity to identify some fundamental truths or principles without the need for external proof or argument.

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Natural Light of Reason

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It refers to the idea of an ultimate, uncaused, or self-existent being or reality from which all else arises. In other words, it is the starting point from when everything else emerges.

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First Cause or Highest Principles

Question 11

The idea of this Principle of Logic asserts that every item is identical to itself.

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Principle of Identity

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States that two contradictory propositions cannot both be true at the same time in the same meaning.

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Principle of Non-contradiction

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According to this concept, each statement can only be correct in one of two ways: either it is true or its negation is true.

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Principle of Excluded Middle

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This concept argues that there is a reason or cause for everything, whether it is the existence of something or the occurrence of something. It suggests that there is always an adequate explanation or cause for everything that takes place.

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Principle of Sufficient Reason