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Answer the following questions below:

1. What is the etymology of the word “philosophy”?

The original meaning of the word philosophy comes from the Greek roots philo-
meaning "love" and -sophos, or "wisdom." When someone studies philosophy
they want to understand how and why people do certain things and how to live a
good life. In other words, they want to know the meaning of life.

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/philosophy (source)

2. In what way that philosophy is an attitude and activity of the mind?

3. What are the philosophical queries philosophers are concerned with?

Philosophical questions are generally more concerned with showing how beliefs differ
among persons or cultures than with showing how those different beliefs can be
justified.
http://people.tamu.edu/~sdaniel/quests1.html (source)

4. What are the major branches and their corresponding description of philosophy?

Epistemology
This is one of the absolute basic branches of philosophy. Many people say that this is also pretty much the
easiest one to understand. 

Metaphysics
This is the branch of philosophy that deals with one's reality. 

Aesthetics
This is a branch of philosophy that focuses on the beauty of the world around us. 

Logic
This is another very popular branch of philosophy because it basically works around what we know about
the world and each other.

Ethics and political philosophy

This is the branch that studies the best ways to live. Political philosophy studies how people should
interact with one another to live in a good society.
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Identify the Branch of Philosophy that can answer the following questions or that discusses the
corresponding concept.

1. Science of the morality of human acts.

2. Beauty lies on the eyes of the beholder
3. Common sense is not enough
4. Happiness
5. I am the Alpha And The Omega
6. I have an idea of things, where does it come from?
7. Is it wrong to tell a lie for the sake of avoiding greater harm?
8. Is there a soul?
9. Knowledge
10. My parents forced me to take up pharmacy, i do I have a choice?
11. People experienced suffering, where is god?
12. Soul
13. To see is to believe
14. Ultimate nature of reality
15. What constitutes the world i live in?
16. What is the essence of my life?
17. What you see is what you get
18. Who created me?
19. Who created the wonderful things around us?
20. Who is man?
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Give at least 5 philosophers in each period.

PERIODS PHILOSOPHERS

1 ANCIENT CLASSICAL

2 MEDIEVAL

3 MODERN

4 CONTEMPORARY
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According to Trevor Curnow, in his book, Philosophy for everyday life a practical guide, “Philosophy
invites us to examine our lives, and offers us the means of doing so. By becoming more aware of what we
believe, we can challenge our beliefs and, if we wish, change them.” This is what we mean by Socratic
Steps. Reflect and answer the following questions below:

1. We can know ourselves. We can use our reason to examine our unconscious beliefs and values.
What are some of my personal experiences that will identify my beliefs
and values?

2. We can change ourselves. We can use our reason to change our beliefs. This will change our emotions, because
our emotions follow our beliefs.
What are the things that I want to change about myself?

3. We can consciously create new habits of thinking, feeling, and acting.

What are the new habits that I will employ to myself to change my old habits?