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    INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOP

    Definition of Terms and Historical Developm


    Origin and definition
    “The structure of the world must be
    understood through numbers.”
    The first to use the term

    philein + sophia
    to love wisdom
    LOVE OF WISDOM Pythagoras
    (circa 580-500 BC)
    Origin and definition
    “Is a human, and therefore social
    activity which consists in a
    human person, a perennial and a
    disinterested search for the
    intelligible structure of the
    totality of being.”
    Origin and definition
    PHILOSOPHY AS A HUMAN
    ACTIVITY
    Incapable of
    rationalizing

    Not a divine
    Only creature given activity
    the gift of wisdom
    Origin and definition
    PHILOSOPHY AS A SOCIAL
    ACTIVITY
    A human person is a social bein

    A human person is
    concerned about the
    existence of others
    Origin and definition
    PHILOSOPHY AS
    PERENNIAL
    A never-ending search for trut

    Always asking about


    the meaning of life
    Origin and definition
    PHILOSOPHY AS A
    DISINTERESTED SEARCH

    Anything and
    everything under the
    sun
    Unaffected by self-
    interest
    Origin and definition
    PHILOSOPHY AS
    INTELLIGIBLE
    STRUCTURESAn activity of the mind MIND

    The human HEART


    person uses APPETITE
    reason to attain
    his/her objects
    and goals
    Origin and definition
    PHILOSOPHY AS THE
    TOTALITY OF BEING

    Man gives meaning to the


    world
    Origin and definition
    “Is a human, and therefore social
    activity which consists in a
    human person, a perennial and a
    disinterested search for the
    intelligible structure of the
    totality of being.”

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