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Philosophy means the love of wisdom. The study of philosophy is an inquiry into the knowledge of general principles, a search after truth. Since there are many kinds of wisdom and many truths, it follows that there are many philosophies. From its broadest viewpoint the average man's philosophy is his opinion about life. The philosophy of a religious man is his opinion of the relationship between God and man. The philosophy of a businessman constitutes his speculative thought about economics. Philosophical knowledge is an attempt to establish for us a rational explanation of things as they are.

We have two general philosophical outlooks on life: one is idealistic, the other materialistic. Either one mayor may not be practical. In the highest use of the term, philosophy is supposed to be ideal; hence, we have the term "idealistic philosophy" which in its extreme form means interpreting the universe purely in terms of ideas. The materialistic viewpoint of life interprets it entirely in terms of physical processes.

Until recent years the study of philosophy was held to be entirely speculative thought, a sort of Utopian dream. Those who pursued its study were considered impractical dreamers; marvelous perhaps in their mental deductions, but nevertheless pursuing a useless cause in a world of pragmatic values.

The modern philosophical outlook, however, is different. The quest after truth is now so universal that every man's mind is stimulated to inquire into the reason for things, and to study the relationships existing between the world of everyday life and action, and those higher values which we all sense. The study of philosophy is no longer looked upon as an idle speculation, a useless mental performance, entirely impractical, but is now viewed as one of the noblest pursuits to which the mind may give its attention. More books are being written on philosophy today than in any other period of history.

There is an earnest and an insistent desire on the part of ever increasing numbers of people to discover the reason for things and the relationships existing between them, particularly in the realm of idealistic philosophy. There is an effort to discern the relationship between the Creator and creation, the invisible Cause and Its visible effect; between God, or the universal creative Spirit, and man-man being the only form of life we know of having the power to consciously and definitely sense the necessity of there being such relationships.

Author	Ernest Holmes
# Pages	59
Copyrighted	Yes
Year of Publication	1966
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Long Preview	Philosophy means the love of wisdom. The study of philosophy is an inquiry into the knowledge of general principles, a search after truth. Since there are many kinds of wisdom and many truths, it follows that there are many philosophies. From its broadest viewpoint the average man's philosophy is his opinion about life. The philosophy of a religious man is his opinion of the relationship between God and man. The philosophy of a businessman constitutes his speculative thought about economics. Philosophical knowledge is an attempt to establish for us a rational explanation of things as they are. We have two general philosophical outlooks on life: one is idealistic, the other materialistic. Either one mayor may not be practical. In the highest use of the term, philosophy is supposed to be ideal; hence, we have the term "idealistic philosophy" which in its extreme form means interpreting the universe purely in terms of ideas. The materialistic viewpoint of life interprets it entirely in terms of physical processes. Until recent years the study of philosophy was held to be entirely speculative thought, a sort of Utopian dream. Those who pursued its study were considered impractical dreamers; marvelous perhaps in their mental deductions, but nevertheless pursuing a useless cause in a world of pragmatic values. The modern philosophical outlook, however, is different. The quest after truth is now so universal that every man's mind is stimulated to inquire into the reason for things, and to study the relationships existing between the world of everyday life and action, and those higher values which we all sense. The study of philosophy is no longer looked upon as an idle speculation, a useless mental performance, entirely impractical, but is now viewed as one of the noblest pursuits to which the mind may give its attention. More books are being written on philosophy today than in any other period of history. There is an earnest and an insistent desire on the part of ever increasing numbers of people to discover the reason for things and the relationships existing between them, particularly in the realm of idealistic philosophy. There is an effort to discern the relationship between the Creator and creation, the invisible Cause and Its visible effect; between God, or the universal creative Spirit, and man-man being the only form of life we know of having the power to consciously and definitely sense the necessity of there being such relationships.

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