Philosophy

My current view of Philosophy,

“By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.” – Socrates

I know its a little cliché to start a philosophy post with a quote from Socrates, but I just couldn’t resist this one. One of the things I love about philosophy is the simple fact than anyone can become a philosopher. You don’t need to spend years at university and bucket loads of cash, you just have to think! If you’ve ever thought about the meaning of life, morality, logic, God, truth, or where that one sock goes in the washing machine, I would like to informally congratulate you on your entry into philosophy!

Philosophy is one of our oldest forms of searching for truth and stretches back far through the ages of our history, long before we had the tools, technology and methods of modern science, to a time when literally all we had were our thoughts. While no one ‘invented’ philosophy, the term is believed to have been coined by the famous Greek philosopher, Pythagoras. The word ‘philosophy’ literally means ‘love of wisdom’. It is no surprise then that we find most of our earliest recorded and most famous philosophers from ancient Greece.

In my pursuit of knowledge I have found philosophy to be very helpful, engaging, wonderful, and at times humbling.

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates (I know I know, again with Socrates.)

I’m still learning a lot about philosophy, in fact in a lot of ways I’ve really only just begun. But the more I look and search into it the more I’m fascinated with it. There is always something new to learn about the world and about ­ourselves.

Never stop thinking!