What Is Philosophy?

The word itself means "love wisdom." philo=love  soph=wisdom. Philosophy is a person or religion or sects ideas and opinions, usually on moral subjects. Philosophy, one of the most sought after subjects the students of which are considered as the intellectual one, signifies the views a person has and according to these particular views the person usually lives his/her life.
When you go to the root of the word you will find that the two words that conjugate together to form the word describe the exact meaning of the word. It is form of the two words 'Phil' and 'Sophia' and they convey the idea of love and wisdom respectively. So the person who loves to imbue wisdom in himself with his thinking can be considered as the student of philosophy.

You can find numerous great names who are considered as philosophers and the prime among them are Aristotle and Plato.

Philosophy and education both involve thinking and actively using the mind. They are intrinsically related but not the same. Education is the more formal process of learning but philosophy is something that can develop with age from our experiences and it shapes how we view the world. Once we philosophize about something for a while we can learn something valuable about ourselves and our lives and this in itself is a personal education; a journey of discovery. Education is usually seen as formal lessons which we have in school and philosophy less structured. Yet both are part of life's learning and are inevitably valuable.

Great thinkers have written about their philosophy on a wide range of subjects and if we are taught about this in a scholarly way it becomes part of our education. Therefore if enough structured thought and attention is given to a subject which has not already been thoroughly examined it can then be passed on in a learning situation so that philosophy can turn into education.Philosophy requires a certain depth of thought to develop. It is generally mature people who start to have philosophies about aspects of life which have so far not been adequately explained or addressed in the education system. The word philosophy comes from the Greek "philosophia" meaning love of wisdom and it is believed the Greek thinker Pythagoras was possibly the first person to be described as a philosopher.

Now philosophy is studied at universities and has become a vast subject encompassing, among other things, logic, ethics, metaphysics, religion and politics. So... are you a philosopher? if you ponder life and all of the questions that have perplexed the human race sine the beginning of time, then the answer would be a definitive yes. What is YOUR philosophical perspective?