The origin of the word "philosophy", please.

The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek word "Φιλοσοφ?α", which means "love of wisdom" in its original meaning. Philosophy is a worldview with a rigorous logical system of understanding of external things, including human beings themselves and the external universe.

People in the early primitive societies did not understand various natural phenomena, but they had the ability to think, but not the ability to explore and research, so philosophy existed in the form of religion, which was the first answer to the problem that human beings could not find an answer to for the time being.

The development of philosophy:

When civilization slowly progresses, mankind's ability to explore the unknown slowly increases, people have not only confined to thinking, natural science slowly in the philosophical conception of the four major civilizations of the ancient world are limited to the early data, for the philosophical no more in-depth information to stay, the development of ancient Greece developed a high degree of development of the civilization, Ancient China, Ancient India at that time, but then Ancient China, Ancient India also developed a high degree of development of the civilization. Highly developed civilization, but then ancient Greece and ancient India and experience war and destruction, a few setbacks, but science eventually in from philosophy out, and another out of philosophy out of the then ruled the western world of religion against, today philosophy, science, religion is still the main way of human cognition of the world.

Definition of Philosophy

To this day, there is no clear definition of philosophy. Philosophers have defined philosophy differently:

Definition of Philosophy by British Philosopher Russell: Philosophy, so far as I understand the word, is something between theology and science. It consists, like theology, in human reflection on those things which have hitherto eluded the certainty of scientific knowledge; and it appeals, like science, to human reason rather than to authority, whether the authority of tradition or of revelation. All exact knowledge (according to Russell) belongs to science; all dogmas involving more than exact knowledge belong to theology. Between theology and science there is a no-man's land that is attacked by both sides, and this no-man's land is philosophy.

Plato states that "thauma" (wonder) is the mark of the philosopher; it is the beginning of philosophy. Plato was not mistaken when he said that "iris" (the rainbow, the goddess of the rainbow, the messenger of Zeus) was the daughter of "thauma" (wonder). "Iris" (rainbow) communicates the will of God and the gospel to man, and philosophy is born of wonder. Under its gaze, all things shed their mundane coverings and reveal their true nature. In so doing, it reveals itself as a truly liberating force.

Aristotle says in the Metaphysics that it is in the nature of all men to seek knowledge. All men begin philosophical thinking by wonder, at first at what is unintelligible around them, and then gradually advancing to questions about more significant things, such as about the changing phases of the moon, about the changes of the sun and the stars, and about the creation of all things. A person who is perplexed and amazed becomes conscious of his ignorance.

Hegel argued that philosophy is a special movement of thought, and that philosophy is the quest for the Absolute. "Philosophy has the Absolute as its object; it is a special way of thinking" - Hegel, Little Logic.

Einstein spoke of philosophy in this way: if philosophy is understood as the pursuit of knowledge in its most general and extensive form, then it is clear that philosophy can be considered the mother of all the sciences.

The eighteenth-century German romantic poet, the short-lived genius Novalis (1771-1801) on the definition of philosophy: philosophy is the mother of all sciences, the essence of philosophical activity is the spirit of the original return to their homes, all the nostalgic impulse to go around looking for the spiritual home of the activity can be called philosophy.

Feng Youlan put forward his own definition of philosophy in A Brief History of Chinese Philosophy: "It is the systematic reflection on the thought of life". Both Chinese and foreign philosophies have their origins in doubt.

After the introduction of philosophy into China from the West, there was a debate in the academic world about the presence or absence of philosophy in China's native culture. Those who believed that there was philosophy in China defined it as basic ideas about the universe and life. Hu Shi in his "Outline of the History of Chinese Philosophy" pointed out: "Where the study of life and important issues, from the fundamental point of view, to seek a and important solution" such learning is called philosophy.