Philosophical Writings

Author(s): Hemant Shah
Publisher: Academy of Philosophy

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Philosophical Writings
philosophers in the 5th, 4th & 3rd Century B.C., Socrates (469399B.C) Plato (427-347 B.C.) and Aristotle (384-322 B. C.). Out of these three, Socrates defended his life the love of wisdom against the teachings of gods. He was a man who wrote not a single book, left not a scrap of written information for posterity and is known only at second hand through the writings of his contemporaries. Plato is generally recognised as the Father of Philosophy, 'the first systematic metaphysician and epistemologist, the first philosopher to set forth a comprehensive treatment of the entire domain of philosophy from ontology to ethics and aesthetics. Aristotle was a teacher of Alexander the Great, but he was a student in Plato's Academy for twenty years. He is consider the most important philosopher in the Western tradition. The Father of Logic, a great biologist and physicist, writer of a great work on ethics and great work on political philosophy. He is known for his significant contributions to every area of philosophy,
Philosophy in West, during the Medieval period was a combination of Philosophy and Theology. But then the thirst for discovery was in the era 17th century onwards. The names of Machiavelli and Erasmus, synonymous with this period are Da Vinci and Copernicus. The modern period in West can only be justifiably understood in the background of Revolutions - The Russian Revolution, The French Revolution, The Industrial Revolution, and most important The Revolution in Science. Not only Europe but the entire West was a place under a great change. Along with Revolutions came a great social and political change which led to major changes in Western culture and thinking. For the enhancement of our understanding of life, to ennoble our minds and to make our hearts better' philosophy, in West, enjoys a very respectable status. Philosophy in East:
Restricting to India and Indian Philosophy, we can say that like West, in East philosophy has a long tradition from Ancient times till modern times. Even then, certain remarkable characteristics are seen in Indian or Eastern philosophy. Religion plays a central