INTRODUCTION

TO THE
PHILOSOPHY OF
THE HUMAN
PERSON
What is Philosophy? What is the
connection of philosophy to
human experience? What is the
significance of philosophy with
the existence of everything
around us? What does philosophy
say about one’s personal
experiences?
● Doing Philosophy is not
something new to every
individual. Philosophizing is
innate to everyone. It is
giving birth to knowledge and
wisdom using the things around
us and the things we
experience.
Who and What
is a
Philosopher?
● AA philosopher
philosopherisis
a lover of wisdom.
a lover of wisdom.
●
● Puts
Puts meaning
meaning totowhat
whatis isoutout
there, is
there,
open to changes and discovery.
is open to changes and discovery.
● Does not stop knowing, wondering, and
● Does not stop knowing, wondering,
asking questions, hungers for truth,
and asking
meaning and of questions,
sense. hungers for
● truth,
Goes meaning
beyond and of
and sense.
experiences
●A philosopher possesses a beautiful
transcendence.
● mind.
A philosopher possesses a beautiful mind.
 What is
philosophy
?
The word Philosophy comes from
the two Greek words ‘philos’ (love)
and ‘Sophia’ (Wisdom).

Simplest and most common

definition: “Philosophy is the love
of wisdom.”
 Knowledge is knowing
that tomato is a
fruit.
Wisdom is knowing not
to put it in a fruit
salad.
 LET’S DIFFERENTIATE!
● KNOWLEDGE ● WISDOM
 involves a healthy dose of
 Simply knowing perspective and the ability
 Anyone can to make sound judgments
about a subject.
become  requires more understanding
and the ability to determine
knowledgeable which facts are relevant in
about a subject certain situations.
 Wisdom takes knowledge and
by reading, applies it with discernment
based on experience,
researching, and evaluation, and lessons
memorizing learned.
 LET’S DIFFERENTIATE!
● KNOWLEDGE ● WISDOM
gathered from  gathered from day-
learning and to-day experiences
and is a state of
education being wise
is merely  is the practical
having clarity ability to make
of facts and consistently good
truths decisions in life.
“Knowledge is knowing
what to say. Wisdom
is knowing when to
say it.”
- unknown
 Philosophy is the
study that uses the
human reason to
investigate the
ultimate causes,
reasons, and
principles which
governs all things.
Philosophy is a way
of thinking about
certain subjects
such as ethics,
thought, existence,
time, meaning and
value.
 The aim is to deepen
understanding. The hope is
that by doing philosophy we
learn to think better, to
act more wisely, and
thereby help to improve the
quality of all our lives.
Do you believe
that philosophy
is a journey?
Why?
What’s the
point of
philosophy?
- To discover truth,
wherever and
whatever it is.
- To learn how to
better live our
lives.
- To understand
our own views,
including their
strengths and
weaknesses.
- To examine our own
lives and be more
conscious of our
choices and their
implications.
- To learn how
to better think
and reason.
THANK YOU
FOR
LISTENING!
 REFERENCES:
● Ramos, C. C. R. (2016). Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person.
REX Book Store. First Edition.
● The Philosophy Foundation. What is Philosophy?
https://www.philosophy-foundation.org/what-is-philosophy
● Metcalf, T. (2020). What is Philosophy?.
https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2020/10/10/philosophy/
● Wise Up to the Difference between “Knowledge” vs. “Wisdom”.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/wisdom-vs-knowledge/#:~:text=The%20primary%
20difference%20between%20the,%2C%20researching%2C%20and%20memori
zing%20facts
.
● Diffen. Knowledge vs. Wisdom.
https://www.diffen.com/difference/Knowledge_vs_Wisdom