Philosophy: what is it and where did it originate

Question 1

Is a timeless quest for meaning, it requires you to be more doubtful with everything in this world than to be simply contented from what you know and one can do philosophizing by having a sense of wonder.

Answer 1

Philosophy

Question 2

The only thing we require to be good philosophers is the _______,” says a ‘mysterious philosopher’ in Sophie’s World (a novel based on philosophy).

Answer 2

faculty of wonder

Question 3

is an aspect of our humanity, our rationality. We are born with a sense of wonder, but it seems that our sense of wonder may be dulled or quashed by our unexamined assumptions.

Answer 3

Wonder

Question 4

is the pursuit of wisdom, truth, and knowledge indeed it derived from the two Greek words: philos (love) and sophia (wisdom) which means love of wisdom.

Answer 4

Philosophy

Question 5

two greek words philos and sophia

Answer 5

love and wisdom

Question 6

This was soon applied to a science or discipline which uses human reason to investigate the ultimate causes, reasons, and principles which govern all things.

Answer 6

philosophy

Question 7

the first philosophical schools emerged in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE

Answer 7

In the west

Question 8

questions the assumptions of popular and philosophical skepticism in pursuit of knowledge of the Truth in the same way that Socrates questions the skepticism of his day.

Answer 8

Philosophy

Question 9

is the position that knowledge of what is true is not possible for us, that ultimate reality is unknowable, that there are no answers to questions of ultimate reality.

Answer 9

Skepticism