Question

A) What was philosophy and what was a philosopher, for the Ancient Greeks?

B) List three common characteristics of a philosophical question and explain them.

Answer 1

A) Ancient greek philosophy started in 6th century BC and continued till hellenistic period( it is a period when greece was a part of romen empire). It deals with different subjects which includes political philosophy, ethics, biology, logic, ontology, metaphysics etc., . Ancient greek philosophers had brought an new refreshing approach to the contemporary philosophical laws and paradigms by breaking all the mythology and interpreted things through reasoning and evidence. Top 5 greek philosophers who contributed more are 1) thales of miletus, 2) aristotle 3) plato 4) socrates and 5) pythogoras.

B) three common characteristics of a philosophical question includes:

1) philosophical question concerns about " what is and what should be" (ie) it talks about metaphysics, ethics and epistemology.

2) philosophical question are important , that is , it seek answer that are fundamental and comprehensive.

3) then philosophical question will be more like a) not objective, b) not subjective and c) more difficult to answer.