An Analytical Definition Of Philosophia
Submitted by on January 1, 1999
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Men and women have tried for years to define Philosophy. One particularly interesting attempt was made by Martin Heidegger in the late 8th Century. He is reported as saying to his good friend and lover, Patrick Hurley, "Philosophy is one large search for the being-upon another and one long journey into the being-inside." In this sense, Philosophy is best understand as a search. But a search for what? For what is it a search? What is the search for?
These are hard questions. One thing is clear. Philosophy is either a search for something, or it is neither a search for nothing nor a search for something. But is this true? Undoubtably, but sadly, it is not. Philosophy cannot be such, and as such, cannot be both the aforementioned seach and not be so. This last point is best illustrated through Bertrand Russell's essay, "Nietzsche -- The Ethernal Reccurance of...