ABSTRACT
The word “Philosophy” means the love of wisdom. Any man, therefore, who seeks understanding is in spirit a philosopher. The philosopher may work in many fields. He may concern himself with problems of human conduct, with the assumptions that underlie religious or scientific beliefs, with the tools and methods of thinking, or with issues that arise in any field of human activity. The things he is seeking to understand may range in complexity from the nature of the universe to the meaning of the word “the.” The conclusions he reaches may have world-shaking significance or they may have merely passing importance to a small sect. There are all kinds of philosophies and all kinds of philosophers, but they all have this in common: their inquiry is reflective and they aim at fundamental understanding.
