Definition of Philosophy

Greek words Philein meaning love or

friendship and sophia meaning wisdom.
Literally , Philosophy means Love of wisdom. On
the other hand, wisdom means the good exercise
or application of knowledge. Truth is the ultimate
object of knowledge. Hence to philosophize,
therefore, is desire towards living the truth.
Chinese- Philosophy means Zhe-xue or che
shueh known as Zhe-means wisdom; Xue- means
study. For the Chinese. Philosophy is the
translation of words into action or the application
of theory into practice
Thus, Chinese Philosophy-is the translation of
words into action or the application of theory into
practice.

 We conclude that
Philosophy is the science that investigates all
things in their ultimate causes, reasons, ad
principles through human reason alone.

Definition of Man based on

Nature
Man
is a being, a creature, whose
destiny is to live in two worlds which are
the spiritual and physical or material
world. Man is destined to live in the
spiritual world because he summoned by
God to live with Him in His kingdom; and
man is destined to live in the physical
world since he is part of the world and,
besides, he lives among entities in the
world like plants minerals, animals, etc.

Definition Of Human
Human = refers to anything exclusively directly to
man.
Human Nature refers to anything exclusively human
which man intrinsically possesses right at his birth.
Human can be characterized as universal and static.
Universal pertains to all born humans and static because
it remains as it is in every man from birth(womb) to
death (tomb).

Philosophy of Man- a course that dwells

into the origin of human life, the nature of
human life, and the reality of human
existence.
Philosophy of man is ones desire to know who
and what man is. Thus, Philosophy of man ,
asks a crucial question about himself and
gradually answers the question himself.
In general the Philosophy of man is a course
that deals with man, man is the superstar in
Philosophy of man

Philosophy of Man
Human nature:
People may differ in many aspects. They may differ in size,
color of skin, race, socioeconomic status, and many
more. Despite these differences, they are all beings with
divergent concepts and views about human nature.
PRE-SOCRATIC VIEWS OF MAN
Thales- Man has 80% water in his brain and 70% water
in his body , or a man has a water stuff.
Anaximenes- Man is a human body with a condensed
air and a rarefied human soul.
Heraclitus- Man has fire stuff in him in the form of heat.
Anaximander Man is a human being that has evolved
from animals of another species which are lower than
his.

Philosophy of Man

Pythagoras- Man is a dipartite of body and soul .

That a soul is immortal, divine, and is subjected to
metempsychosis.
Protagoras or the sophists- Man is the measure
of all things, of all things, that they are, and of things
that are not that they are not.
Socrates- Man is a being who thinks and
wills. Man should discover truth , truth about
good life, for it is in knowing the good life that
man can act correctly. That mans attitude towards
life should be oriented towards knowledge. For it is in
knowledge that man can properly translate such
knowledge into really living a good life.

 PLATO- Man is a soul using a body. because the nature

of man is seen in the metaphysical dichotomy between body
and soul. For Plato the body is material, it cannot live and
move apart from the soul; it is mutable and destructible. The
soul is immaterial, it can exist apart from the body. The soul is
a substance because it exists and can exists independently .
Plato has a conviction that the soul exists prior to the body.
ARISTOTLE - Aristotle maintains that there is no dichotomy
between mans body and mans soul. Body and soul are in a
state of unity. In this unity the soul acts as the perfect
realization of the body while the body is the material entity
which has a potentiality of life. The body has no life. It can
only possess life when it is united with the soul. Aristotle
speaks of Man as a single essence composed of body and
soul.