EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Quite literally, the term “philosophy” means, “love of wisdom.” In a broad sense, philosophy is an activity people undertake when they seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term philosopher comes from the Ancient Greek: , romanized: philosophos, meaning ‘lover of wisdom’. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek thinker Pythagoras (6th century BCE).

Detailed explanation-3: -Plato (428BC-348BC) The term philosophy comes from two Greek words, philos, which means friend or lover, and sophia, which means wisdom. So philosophy is the love of wisdom and, more importantly, the philosopher is the friend or, better, lover of wisdom.

Detailed explanation-4: -Philosophy is a combination of two Greek words, philein sophia, meaning lover of wisdom. In ancient times a lover of wisdom could be related to any area where intelligence was expressed. This could be in business, politics, human relations, or carpentry and other skills.

Detailed explanation-5: -The task of a philosophy of love is to present the appropriate issues in a cogent manner, drawing on relevant theories of human nature, desire, ethics, and so on.