Welcome!

Welcome to my new site and first entry. We will be exploring ideas, and their everyday application, in areas concerning existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, mind and language.

First, what is philosophy?

Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing the ideas listed above by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned arguments. The word is of Greek origin: "love of wisdom." Before philosophy, "folk wisdom," mythology, religion and other approaches had already appeared to explain life, the universe, etc. Philosophy came to challenge old beliefs. It is a search for truth.

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