philo M1-2

what does philos mean

(a)  

What does sophia mean?

(a)  

the study of general and fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

(a)  

A mathematician and scientist, he was credited with formulating the Pythagorean theorem

(a)  

He proposed that everything that exists is based on a higher order or plan which he called logos.

(a)  

He devoted himself to the study of the causes of natural phenomena.

(a)  

He was a known advocate of living a simple and virtuous life

(a)  

He believed that philosophy could enable man to live a life of happiness.

(a)  

He was considered the foremost philosophers of ancient times. He was credited with formulating the Socratic method

(a)  

A student of Socrates, he wrote down his mentor’s teaching and incorporated some of his own ideas into them. (a)   most significant ideas included his Theory of Forms, which proposes that everything that exist is based on an idea or template than can only be perceived in the mind.