The Consolation of Philosophy

How do we really define Philosophy? The Greek word φιλοσοφία – Philosophia. Or as the term has been coined by modern Western language – Philosophy. The literal meaning of this word is relatively static. Derived from its Greek origin it comprises two separate words...

The forefathers of philosophy and the minds that established the substratum for this school of thought belonged to ancient Greece during the 6th century BCE. The phenomenon was initiated when thinkers began to question conventional explanations regarding the universe,...

During its inception, the greatest subject of interest for early philosophers was: the physical realm and its components, the question of ‘What are things made of?’. In its most basic form, this laid the groundwork for the first branch of philosophy called...

There’s a method in everything. For ancient Greek philosophers, the method of their search, questions, and how they approach the matter of human reasoning became questionable itself as they realized how most of their ventures were collectively starting with a ‘How’...

As stated before, ontology was the first brand service from metaphysics. Ontology is the philosophical study of being in general, it is different from epistemology because it does not question the nature of ‘reality’ but rather asks ‘does reality even exists?’. It was...