Post #69 2-26-18

Why do you do what you do, why do you think what you think, why do you feel what you feel. 

Mythos-- or what we'd now roughly call science and story telling 

So philosophia- the love of wisdom 

philosophy- the academic study of anything 

plato's academy- Platos- 

but philosophy came to be understood more as a way of thinking about questions 

What is the world like 

What is the nature off reality 

is there anything else in the world besides matter and energy 

do I have a soul 

metaphysics- the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality 

Esistemkology- The branch of philosophy that studies the nature and the scope of knowledge 

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