philosophy

Philosophy is a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society. It works by asking very basic questions about the nature of human thought, the nature of the universe, and the connections between them. The ideas in philosophy are often general and abstract. Also is the science that deals with man’s relationship to existence. The five basic branches of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. Metaphysics deals with the fundamental nature of existence. Philosophy deals with the study of the nature of life and life hereafter whereas Psychology deals with the study of the mind and its behaviour. A psychologist attempts to understand the role of the functions of the mind in social behaviour and explore the neurobiological processes that guide mental behaviours.

In one general sense, this science is associated with wisdom, intellectual culture and a search for knowledge. In that sense, all cultures and literate societies ask philosophical questions such as “how are we to live” and “what is the nature of reality”.

Thales of Miletus (c. 624 BCE – c. 546 BCE) was an ancient (pre-Socratic) Greek philosopher who is often considered the first philosopher.

A philosopher is someone who practices philosophy. … In a modern sense, a philosopher is an intellectual who has contributed in one or more branches of this science, such as aesthetics, ethics, epistemology, logic, metaphysics, social theory, and more.

Religion is philosophy but philosophy is not a religion; rather, it could be a form of religion. As the most general explanation, religion is about everything in relation to one cause and one end while philosophy is about different things in relation to no cause and different ends.

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