Philosophy

Today in Western Civilization class we learned about philosophy and how much of an impact it has on the thought process of most humans. The definition of philosophy is "the academic study of anything". But in reality, it has just started to be understood more as a way of thinking about questions. Questions like "why do you think what you think", "why do you do what you do" and "why do you feel what you feel". These are pretty basic questions that philosophers will attempt to crack down on and answer. There are two major concepts; Mythos(mythology/storytelling) and Philos(Philosophy/science). Then there is philosphia, the love of wisdom. This all started with Socrates who's name was Philosopherlapalooza. Im pretty sure that's where they got the term philosophy from or is that just me!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Group Project

Today in Western Civilization we worked on our group project. I took notes about the spartans and how they went into the military as young as the age of 7.  The children would be removed from their parents’ homes and began the “agoge.” The agoge was a state-sponsored training regimen that was designed to mold these young boys into skilled warriors and moral citizens. The agoge was designed in a way that would make these young boys resistant to hardships such as unbearable cold weather, hunger, and an excruciating amount of pain. Unlike the Athenian army, Spartans were more strict for the army. A Spartan man, on average, would complete the main phase of the agoge around age 21.
Read more

test day

Today in western civilization we had a test. The test was fairly easy, however he did let us use our blog so that helped a lot. After everyone finished up the test we read the big book under our desks and we took notes for the rest of the class.                    And yea, that pretty much sums up what I did in western civilization today.
Read more