![]() To study the nature of reality including the world, the universe and everything in being. Philosophy gets you thinking in ways you wouldn’t have thought before and questioning the basis of being: “Why do I feel what I feel?” and “Am I truly in charge of my own choices?” As a budding philosopher, you can begin by splitting the subject into three main pillars: It’s about understanding your world, what gives it meaning and the nature of its reality using a combination of logic and reasoning to better understand and find truth in it, ourselves and the relationship between the two. Philosophy is literally the love of wisdom and has been studied for thousands of years, tracing back to ancient Greece. ![]() Easier to understand than the more advanced texts of Plato and Socrates, they’ll provide a great introduction and will get you thinking more about the world around you in the search for truth. ![]() In this article I’ve shared some book recommendations that provide a great beginner’s guide to philosophy to get you started and feed your intrigue. Your preconceptions of philosophy might be that it seems difficult to understand, boring, and strange in places. If, like me, your philosophical knowledge only seems to go as far as popular cultural references (for me, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: "What is the answer to the meaning of life?" Answer: "42"), you might feel as equally overwhelmed in beginning to understand more on the subject. ![]()
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