Philosophy_My_View

Philosophy My View “What is Philosophy'” -My View- This semester I have learned that philosophy is many things to many people. From a means of influencing thought and behavior, to a looking glass into the soul, philosophy is a discipline of critical thinking, human interaction, and speculation. Philosophers attempt to answer age old human questions such as, “Where did we come from'” and “Where are we going'” However, a thinking mankind yearns for more than just history explained and reliable predictions of future, we want to know what makes a “good” life, what is beauty, what is justice, and how might we live our lives in a most satisfying way. And since the answers to such questions are based in perspective, one must be willing to examine the foundations of perspective in order to reach an unbiased, true answer. This is where the field of philosophy comes in to its own. Most would agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what differentiates one eye from another' Simply put, we see things as we know them to be, whether we just think we know them innately, as the young man Socrates met outside the courthouse knew piety, or we have devoted considerable philosophy, things, way, one, life, perspectives, know, different, true, through, perspective, focus, come, values, tool, thought, thinking, think, therefore, semester, seems, same, questions, philosopher’s, philosophers, philosopher, old, mankind, make, learned, knowing, just, human, eyes, eye, decisions