page_title: Philosophy
hierarchical_section_title: Philosophy
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Socrates. Marble, Roman artwork (1st century), perhaps a copy of a lost bronze statue made by Lysippos. Ελληνικά: Σωκράτης Français&#160;: Portrait de Socrate. Marbre, œuvre romaine du Ier siècle, peut-être une copie d'un bronze perdu réalisé par Lysippe.
context_page_description: Philosophy develops fascination for wisdom which is different from knowledge. 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. But this does not mean that philosophy is not about the real world. Ethics, for example, asks about how to be good in our day-to-day lives. Metaphysics asks about how the world works and what it is made of.
  Sometimes people talk about how they have a ‘personal philosophy’, which means the way a person thinks about the world.
  One philosophical question is this: "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?". Other questions asked by philosophers are these:
  What happens to soul after death, how does a soul enter into the body before death?
  Why are we born?
  Why should we live?
  Why are there so many hurdles in life?
  How do we overcome suffering?
  What is the importance of the material life?
  Will the universe exist forever?
  What is beauty?
  Do we have free will?
  Does God exist?
context_section_description: Philosophy develops fascination for wisdom which is different from knowledge. 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. But this does not mean that philosophy is not about the real world. Ethics, for example, asks about how to be good in our day-to-day lives. Metaphysics asks about how the world works and what it is made of.
  Sometimes people talk about how they have a ‘personal philosophy’, which means the way a person thinks about the world. This article is not about people's ’personal philosophies’. This article is about the ideas that have been discussed by philosophers (people who think and write about ways of thinking) for a long time.
  One philosophical question is this: "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it?". Other questions asked by philosophers are these:
  What happens to soul after death, how does a soul enter into the body before death?
  Why are we born?
  Why should we live?
  Why are there so many hurdles in life?
  How do we overcome suffering?
  What is the importance of the material life?
  Will the universe exist forever?
  What is beauty?
  Do we have free will?
  Does God exist?
  Does the world around us exist?
  What is a person?
  What is truth?
  What is evil?
  What is the relationship between mind and body?
  What is science?
  What is love?
caption: Portrait of Socrates, a Riyemz copy from a Greek statue, Louvre museum
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