WHY BECOME A

PHILOSOPHER?
REASONS:
A. EXPANDING OUR PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMES:
WESTERN AND NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS
• Indian, Chinese and Greek Philosophy – three great original centers of
Philosophy in the World
• The world becomes “smaller”
• Difference with Oriental (East) and Occidental (West) Philosophy
• West think in linear manner while East thinks in a circular manner
• In East, philosophy is religion (vice versa) while in West, philosophy is a
translation of thoughts
• East does not follow structured mode while West theorizes and speculates
 B. FILIPINO THINKING: FROM LOCAL TO
GLOBAL

1. Loob: Holistic and Interior Dimensions

• Kagandahang loob (loyalty, hospitality, pakikisama and respect to authority and elders

2. Filipino Philosophy of Time

• Wheel of fortune (gulong ng palad)
• Filipino Time

3. Bahala na
4. Filipino Thought and Values: Positive and Negative Aspects
• Utang na loob
• Bayanihan
National challenge
Replacing colonial consciousness with a nationalist
consciousness
Creation of super industrial society
Utilization of education as the means of realizing the image of
the future as super industrial society
Choosing not for just one’s self but for all humanity, for the
nation as a whole
C. PHILOSOPHY: TRANSCENDING AND AIMING
FOR A LIFE OF ABUNDANCE
• Abundance is not what we gather but what we scatter
• Abundance is not what we keep but what we give away
• Abundance is not what we hold but what we share
• Abundance is a choice
• Abundance is to evolve into a higher being
 ACTIVITY TIME:

HAPPIEST TIMES WORST TIME

List the activities, people, locations, and List the activities, people, locations, and
conditions in your life you were most happy. conditions in your life when you felt
dissatisfied.

What did you learn about your purpose?

1. What did you learn about your purpose?
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