simple but complicated?

Actually, I have seen with my own eyes 21 books, each one explaining what is philosophy. So, as I know, philosophy is VERY hard to define, especially as it takes many forms (Religions philosophy, Language philosophy etc.), which at their turn are also not easy to define. As you already guessed, an answer cannot be given here, or else it would be incomplete.

But, as ancient Greeks used to call it, philosophy is that which studies those above the sky and beneath the depths of earth(don't know if my translation is accurate,but you get the point). Also, as I have discovered, it does one not much good asking what philosophy is. Its better to just go with the flow.

If you watch the sun directly, you can actually go blind, but if you just look around, you will discover the sun in any object you see.(For it is trough the sun's light you see the object)

Here is the dictionary definiton.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?...

philosophy

6 entries found.

philosophyanalytic philosophymoral philosophynatural philosophyordinary-language philosophyphilosophy of life

Main Entry: phi·los·o·phy

Pronunciation: \f?-'lä-s(?-)fe\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural phi·los·o·phies

Etymology: Middle English philosophie, from Anglo-French, from Latin philosophia, from Greek, from philosophos philosopher

Date: 14th century

1 a (1): all learning exclusive of technical precepts and practical arts (2): the sciences and liberal arts exclusive of medicine, law, and theology <a doctor of philosophy> (3): the 4-year college course of a major seminary b (1)archaic : physical science (2): ethics c: a discipline comprising as its core logic, aesthetics, ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology

2 a: pursuit of wisdom b: a search for a general understanding of values and reality by chiefly speculative rather than observational means c: an analysis of the grounds of and concepts expressing fundamental beliefs

3 a: a system of philosophical concepts b: a theory underlying or regarding a sphere of activity or thought <the philosophy of war>

4 a: the most basic beliefs, concepts, and attitudes of an individual or group b: calmness of temper and judgment befitting a philosopher

For me, a philosophy major, it is the love of knowledge. And, what it is that we know and how we know that it is true.

I graduated with a philosopy BA in '75. Over the years it has helped me many times making me look for the underlying truths when making busness decisions.

Studying philosophy helps you learn how to think.

philosophy is simply the idea or conclusion that one comes to about a topic or about life.to question knowledge of human existance and everything it entails.

the study of philo