What does one think when they hear the word Philosophy? Before I began this class, I really had no idea what the word Philosophy meant. I use to think it dealt with a bunch of really smart people trying to figure out the answers to life's most basic and essential questions. For example: Why are we here? Is there a God? Is their life after death? Etc. What I failed to realize was that not …showed first 75 words of 940 total…

…showed last 75 words of 940 total…be considered philosophers, for we all, in one way or another, peruse truth almost everyday of our life. And that is essentially what philosophy is all about; pursuing knowledge and truth. Once we have found that knowledge and truth, we can then form our general beliefs about and attitudes toward life. This, along with everything that I have mentioned in this paper, has helped me to understand the nature of philosophy as I see fit.