Philosophy

Full Title or Meme

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.

Content

It was the arrogance of Bertrand Russel to tell us that Philosophy had two sources: Mysticism and Science. But I am here to tell you that both had and still have one goal, to predict the future. They trod and different paths, but they want the same result. To know what will happen when the current events unfold.

Historical

Philosophy, as we know it, started in the Ionian Sea in city-states that make their living by trading. They sprung from the Advantage of Backwardness that took advantage of the failures of the large empires of the Euphrates and Nile alluvial fertile lands.

The first person to be called a Philosopher was Thaless who examine existence and determined that water was at the base of all things. All life that he could see begins and continues in water and wetness. Without fluid neither the egg of an animal nor the seeds of a plant would be what they were intended to be. So water is life. We are alive because we are full of change. Later Philosophers move from water to fire, air and even earth as the basis for reality.