LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO If it is a cat, then it is a cat.
PHILOSOPHY OF A PERSON
If Manila is the capital of the Philippines,
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? then it is true that Manila is the capital of
the Philippines.
PHILOSOPHY – Love of wisdom
Principle of non-contradiction – it is
Philo – Love Sophia – Wisdom impossible for a thing to be and not to be
Love - strong desire for a particular at the same time, and at the same
object. respect.
Wisdom - correct application of It means, no statement can be both true
knowledge. and false at the same time.
PHILOSOPHY
Love of wisdom.
A strong desire of a human
person to possess knowledge and
apply it correctly.
A kind of love that is directed to
wisdom.
Also called the “queen of sciences”
Philosophy is concerned with the
reasons & principles that account
for everything that exist.
FIRST CAUSES OR HIGHEST
PRINCIPLE OF PHILOSOPHY
Principle of Identity- whatever is is; and
whatever is not is not; everything is what it
is. Everything is its own being, and not
being is not being.
IDENTITY – the relation of a thing bears
only to itself.
ESSENCE-any traits or characteristics
that make a thing ‘what it is’
Principle of Identity – A is not B and B is
not A. Therefore, B is non A.
One must be able to say, “If a thing is A,
then it is A.” A thing (object, person, entity,
concepts) cannot continue to exist at the
same time cease to exist.
Examples:A=A
PHILOSOPHY OF A PERSON
If Manila is the capital of the Philippines,
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? then it is true that Manila is the capital of
the Philippines.
PHILOSOPHY – Love of wisdom
Principle of non-contradiction – it is
Philo – Love Sophia – Wisdom impossible for a thing to be and not to be
Love - strong desire for a particular at the same time, and at the same
object. respect.
Wisdom - correct application of It means, no statement can be both true
knowledge. and false at the same time.
PHILOSOPHY
Love of wisdom.
A strong desire of a human
person to possess knowledge and
apply it correctly.
A kind of love that is directed to
wisdom.
Also called the “queen of sciences”
Philosophy is concerned with the
reasons & principles that account
for everything that exist.
FIRST CAUSES OR HIGHEST
PRINCIPLE OF PHILOSOPHY
Principle of Identity- whatever is is; and
whatever is not is not; everything is what it
is. Everything is its own being, and not
being is not being.
IDENTITY – the relation of a thing bears
only to itself.
ESSENCE-any traits or characteristics
that make a thing ‘what it is’
Principle of Identity – A is not B and B is
not A. Therefore, B is non A.
One must be able to say, “If a thing is A,
then it is A.” A thing (object, person, entity,
concepts) cannot continue to exist at the
same time cease to exist.
Examples:A=A
