relating the wisdom I’ve learned from some of the great philosophers of the past to my life in the present

By: Toral

Patel

What does Philosophy mean?Philosophy in the dictionary is defined as

the pursuit of wisdom and search for a

general understanding of values and

reality by chiefly speculative rather than

observational means.

To me philosophy means the study

of our behavior and it’s constant

questions about everything around

us including our existence, values,

society and religion. I think

Philosophy teaches a person how to

think, believe and understand more

deeply.

Rene descartes

I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am

Method of doubt A process of finding out the truth.

It is concerned with eliminating everything that can possibly be doubted.

Descartes portrays a basket filled with apples, some which are good and

some that were rotten as in the bad ones. Instead of throwing them all away,

Descartes considers the best procedure and that was to empty the whole

basket and carefully inspect them one by one. The good apples were to be

Descartes true beliefs and the rotten ones were his false beliefs. The basket

itself was the mind, and the discarding of the apples was Descartes’s method

of doubt.

Method of doubt (continued)

Descartes method of doubt

leads to “Absolute

skepticism”

In which a person should

doubt that anything can be

known to include existence

and that things that do not

doubt can not exist.

ETHICS

We live in a world where we are constantly being categorized by our race and ethnicity

Aristotle who believed in the

“naturalistic ethical systems.”

viewed ethics differently from the

other philosophers.

There are so many things that we as

a society can do to get rid of these

ethical issues if not completely then

one step at a time. If we were to

replace negative thoughts with

thoughts of morality, compassion,

love, and respect. Then we would be

able to see less of these issues that

happen in our society today.

Ethics (contiued)

W

e study ethics in order to improve our lives

I

ts principal concern is the nature of human well-being.

Aristotle follows Socrates &

P

lato in taking the virtues to

be central to a well-lived life.

FEMINISM

FEMINISM Today the biggest issue in the United States is the

"ideal" body image for girls. If a women is slim she is

considered more beautiful and prettier.

Women are used as a sexual object on tv

commericials as a way of getting people to buy the

product.

Women are always left with the responsibility of the

children and the household chore. Some women in

some countries are not allowed to work or go to

school after the age of 18.

Because I am a women, I must make unusual effort to succeed. If I Fail, no one will say “she doesn’t have what it takes” They will say

“Women don’t have what it takes”. ~Clare Boothe Luce

Eastern Philosophy

Hinduism & Buddhism I like the ideas and teaching in buddhism, in how to live from

suffering. Being Hindu myself, I believe in my religion strongly,

in the reincarnation and praying to animals that are Gods. Like

Ganesh, who has a head of elephant.

Every religion has a special teaching, in which a person

learns something new about life, love and things in

general. Being a Hindu, I went to a catholic school for

twelve years of my life, learned the Christianity religion

and now I am learning about the Islamic religion, as my

significant other follows that religion. I am embracing

three religions, that I firmly believe and hold lot of respect

of.