PHILOSOPHY

Introduction 

Philosophy is the underlying principle of any topic or academic discipline that deals with the epistemology of it. Every word or concept has its initiation from a concept or parent word, and the underpinning meaning behind that concept of creation of a word is referred to as philosophy. Philosophy is a huge branch of knowledge that can be subdivided by various branches, doctrines and schools of thought such as epistemology, metaphysics and logic. In simple words, philosophy is the “study of knowledge”; it tends to explain the very basics of initiation of any concept, why it is so, or how it is so. 

Discussion 

Philosophy 

Philosophy talks about the existence and nonexistence of something side by side and can explain it through the six senses of people. Every word in nature can have its unique meaning and no word is the same, however, the origin of the word can be the same. A portion of philosophy talks about the ethical behaviour of people, what should be done or what should not be done guides humans mere living on the earth.  Even, the knowledge of good and bad has its understanding in the philosophy based on which people should act.

Philosophy meaning 

Philosophy has been derived from the integration of two words namely “Philein” and “Sophia” that means one who finds joy in getting wisdom. Therefore, Philosophy means finding wisdom through knowledge. The meaning of philosophy in a broad sense gives ideas about its origin, fundamental basics and underlying truths of any existing thing on the earth. Everything in the world has a philosophy on which its idea is based. It also deals with the gradual evolution of any concept or word, and its relation with other existing things. The study of philosophy entails asking several basic questions to get answers. In metaphysics, philosophy’s existence is related to the consciousness in nature’s underlying principle, meaning that anything that happens is caused by nature’s will.  Epistemology on the other hand, provides justification to every order of questions and categorises it to be true or false in terms of justification. It explains that philosophy is knowledge and awareness growing of any topic through human senses. 

Philosophy meaning in Hindi 

Philosophy’s translation in Hindi is termed as “Darshan” meaning a belief in something and that belief comes from the underlying knowledge of a person. In Hindi, philosophy takes dive into the eastern philosophy or Indian philosophy that means the origination of knowledge. In Hindi, philosophy is the basic guideline of living life, how life should be perceived in its nature, how it differs from that of superficial knowledge. Indian society is completely based on Hindi philosophy and evolves through ages of philosophers putting their information in time. Darshan means understanding through observation, what people perceive on a daily basis forms the foundation of their knowledge. People do their work and live life based on the truth that they perceive in nature and their cognition builds upon it. In Darshan, the sub category of epistemology is given due importance as it answers to the questions of nature through logic only, hence called “pramana”. Darshan also believes that everything that is visible in nature has its cause and is proven. For instance, the negative thoughts or unavailability of something can be also expressed through logic. Indian Darshan has various schools of thought such as Buddhist, Nyaya philosophy and many others that find meaning of philosophy in the teachings of famous sages or philosophers. 

What is philosophy?

Philosophy means acquiring knowledge and the meaning of philosophy has changed over time keeping the basics same. Philosophy of knowledge has changed through ancient era, medieval era, and modern and lastly, postmodern era. Even, philosophy differs in spatial context as well. For instance, the philosophies of religions differ from each other because their origination has started from different geographical regions. In society, philosophy is the only thing that causes people to think, and shape people’s moral and ethical behaviour towards each other. Likewise, spatially, two major distinctions of philosophy can be found and its meaning differ by western and eastern philosophy. The way people eat, dress, think and their embodiment of culture stands on the concept of what is philosophy. 

Conclusion

In conclusion, it can be said that philosophy is one subject or initiation of a subject that guides the way of leading life through underlying principles and various motives that come out of people’s mind as they are shaped in nature. Philosophy has various subtypes and schools that it can be divided to, the principles as well as the common goals vary from each other, and however, the meaning of philosophy remains the same. In Indian context, philosophy is a way of leading life therefore it is meant by the term Darshan in Hindi. Darshan means how a certain thing is viewed.