REVISIT

THERE TWO VIEWS WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEFINITION OF PHILOSOPHY:

 DEFINABILITY - PHILOSOPHY CAN BE DEFINED

 UNDEFINABILITY - PHILOSOPHY IS THE PROCESS OF PERSONAL REFLECTION ON THE MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE

THE DEFINITION OF DEFINITION

DEFINITION – FROM THE LATIN WORD DE-FINIRE, WHICH IS TO STATE TFHE LIMIT OF OR TO ENCLOSE WITHIN LIMITS.

DEFINITION. A. NOMINAL

B. REAL

A. NOMINAL - 1. ETYMOLOGICAL
2. VERNACULAR

B. REAL - 1. INTRINSIC

2. EXTRINSIC

1. INTRINSIC - A. ESSENTIAL =GENUS

= SPECIFIC

B. DESCRIPTIVE = PROPERTIES

= ACCIDENTFS

2. EXFTRINSIC =ORIGIN
= CAUSE
= PURPOSE

NOMINAL- (LATIN) NOMINALIS-, WHICH IS HAVING REFERENCE TO A NAME.

REAL (- (LATIN) REALIS – WHICH IS HAVING REFERENCE TO A REALITY

I. NOMINAL DEFINITION OF PHILOSOPHY

A. ETYMOLOGICAL DEFINITION- GREEK- PHILOS (LOVE), SOPHIA (WISDOM)
CHINESE – ZHE- XUE. ZHE (WISDOM), XUE (STUDY)
HINDU- DHARSANA ( SEEING NOT ONLY THROUGH THE EYES, BUT
THROUGH THE WHOLE BEING OF THE ONE WHO SEES.
B.VERNACULAR- IS TO GIVE AN EXCLUSIVE MEANING: ULTIMATE FOUNDATION OF PHILOSOPHY
IS INVESTIGATING ALL THINGS IN THEIR ULTIMATE CAUSES, REASONS AND PRINCIPLES
THROUGH HUMAN REASON ALONE.
II. REAL DEFINITON OF PHILOSOPHY
A. INTRINSIC: ESSENTIAL GENUS: A SCIENCE
ESSENTIAL SPECIFIC: REASONS AND PRINCIPLES THROUGH THE USE OF HUMAN
REASON ALONE
B. EXTRINSIC:
1. ORIGIN OF PHILOSOPHY
A. HINDUS- WERE ASKING ABOUT THE DEPTH EGO, SEARCHING FOR THE DEEPEST SELF OF THE
HUMAN PERSON. WHICH IS NOT SEPARATE WITH THE DIVINE. WHO AM I? PREMISED WITH THE
BELIEF OF ATMAN (INDIVIDUAL SOUL). AND BRAHMAN (THE UNIVERSAL SOUL). SEEKING TO
UNDERSTAND THE DEPTH OF THE PERSON.

B. CHINESE. WHAT AM I? . ANTHROPO- CENTRIC OR SOCIO-POLITICAL-MORAL DIMENTION OF

THE HUMAN PERSON (SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE PERSON)

C. GREEK: IN MILETUS, THALES AND COMPANY= THE BEGINNING OF ALL THINGS.

2. CAUSE OF PHILOSOPHY: WONDER IS THE CAUSE OF PHILOSOPHY

THIS IS ABOUT ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

3. PURPOSE OF PHILOSOPHY: 1. IT ENABLES US TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES BETTER

2 .IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND OTHERS OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.
3. IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND OTHERS WAY OF THINKING
4. IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AND OUR PLACE. AND OUR
ROLE IN IT.
5. IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE, MEANING, VALUE AND
FINALITY OF HUMAN BEING.
6.IT HELPS US KNOW AND UNDERSTAND GOD IN HIS NATURE,
ESSENCE AND ATTRIBUTES.