INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
Module 1: DOING PHILOSOPHY
LOVE
WISDOM
Traditionally philosophy is defined as love of wisdom because it
came from two Greek words philos (love) and Sophia (wisdom)
birthplace of philosophy
in the West
is the Father of Philosophy in the Western civilization.
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First in terms of scope philosophy involves the widest
generalizations (Rand, 1982).
• Second philosophy is all about fundamentals.
• Third philosophy is driven by the desire to integrate things in
to a one coherent whole.