The History of Philosophy: Origins of Ancient Philosophy Around the Globe

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In honour of World Philosophy Day on November 18th, we are bringing you an introduction to the history of philosophy, and the origins of ancient philosophy from around the world! What is philosophy you may be asking? Well, the word philosophy comes from the two Greek words philos meaning love and sophos meaning wisdom, so philosophy literally means the love of wisdom. Philosophy can be broadly defined as the study of human existence and the fundamental nature of existence, reality, and knowledge.
There are five main areas of interest in modern-day philosophy which can be applied to philosophy in both the east and the west, but the names that they’re now known by came from the Greeks; Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Politics and Aesthetics. By c. 4000 BCE it seems that philosophy was already established in Egypt in the form of a response to the Field of Reeds and in Mesopotamia, they saw themselves as co-workers with the gods; the gods created humanity and so the humans owed the gods a debt of gratitude through worship and proper behaviour. Problems arose when humans kept their part of the bargain but it seemed the gods didn’t come through with theirs.
Philosophy developed in India as a response to the Hindu texts known as the Vedas, in the form of the Upanishads and philosophy in ancient Persia was certainly developed before 1500 BCE, which is known due to the Avesta (Zoroastrian scripture) that was written down between 1500 and 1000 BCE and draws on concepts from the Polytheistic early Iranian religion. During the Zhou Dynasty in China between 1046 and 256 BCE, philosophy was first written down in the form of the early Confucian texts. Ancient Greek Philosophy began in the 6th century BCE with Thales of Miletus asking the question, what is the basic stuff of the universe? He was the first of the Pre-Socratics (all the philosophers before Socrates), and then after Socrates came Plato, Aristotle and others.
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0:00 Introduction
1:00 What is Philosophy?
1:47 The Five Main Branches of Philosophy
4:00 Philosophy in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt
5:54 Philosophy in Ancient India
7:05 Philosophy in Ancient Persia
8:32 Philosophy in Ancient China
9:58 Philosophy in Ancient Greeks (The Presocratics and beyond!)
14:20 Outro
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@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 2 жыл бұрын

Who is your favorite philosopher and what’s your favorite philosophy?

@raghavarvoltore6517 2 жыл бұрын

Navya Nyaya.

@hubenstefanow5748 2 жыл бұрын

Mozi (mohism) and Confucius (confucianism)

@IronMike93 2 жыл бұрын

Like very much Stoic philosophy and ,of course, Socrates.

@davidalmada1990 2 жыл бұрын

Machiavelli

@1Ma9iN8tive Жыл бұрын

Favourite philosopher - Homo sapiens sapiens. Favourite philosophy - thrive or be killed - living by the 5 C’s; - 1) communicate, 2) co-ordinate, 3) collaborate, 4) control, 5) co-evolve.

@FerozKhan-ss9nn Жыл бұрын

Kelly is introducing the main branches of philosophy in the easiest way. Her clarity and the ability to address the meaning and features of each branch of philosophy is a key part of the philosophy of the ancient times. Her powerful and beautiful voice is inspirational to make one feel as if one were sitting in the middle of the philosophy class room together with the audience listening to her speaking to her students.

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words! We're glad that you enjoyed the video. 🙂

@forg3d869 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!! They are so informative.

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Cj, we are so glad you are finding them informative!

@renewable20002000 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kelly. My favourite philosopher is Plato. My philosophy of life is that we have only one life and we all should do our best to make this life happy and enjoyable to all of us. We have to create happiness in our surroundings. This demands a lot of sacrifices from each one of us.

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that with us, George. 🙂

@FerozKhan-ss9nn Жыл бұрын

This lecture does explain the concept of philosophy in one of the best ways possible…

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

👍🏼🙂

@kvelez 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, Miss Kelly.

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@SamuelOsborneThoughtLeader 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! My fav philosophy is axiology.

@thefanone 2 жыл бұрын

Very accurate n informative video .Ty

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!

@stevenbrown9275 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a great shirt you’re wearing. Also, a great episode.

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 2 жыл бұрын

It's one of Kelly's favourites from APRICVS clothing! Thanks for watching!

@Tekmirion 2 жыл бұрын

Very good!

@saadabbas8976 2 жыл бұрын

“is also mentioned by Paul the Silentiary as lying near the ambon in the church of St. Sophia, and its coping is said to have been brought from Samaria.” The Ancient Coptic Churches of Egypt [vol. 1] Alfred Joshua Butler

@shrikantapatra5203 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful and impressing

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@mahmoudimariem6827 2 жыл бұрын

the best ❤❤

@Rico-Suave_ 4 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all in it 14:06

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 4 ай бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for watching!

@jeysonborn2133 2 жыл бұрын

Good job! Wanna know, what program is used from 2:00 to 3:45 ?

@Silvertestrun Жыл бұрын

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. 😊

@Dezzyyx Жыл бұрын

Had no idea Philosophy in India started out as a component of religion, and that Buddhism was first a philosophical school. It makes sense as yet again we see philosophy and religion interconnected, and not as polar opposite as we tend to think, which I think is the fault of our black and white labeling psychology. We also see it in how something like Taoism doesn't seem to be clearly defined as Religion or Philosophy, but has components of both and may be seen as both, albeit with their distinctions. You can throw Spirituality in there as well, also a separate term but linked to these other two as well. Science as well, yet it may stand more on its own at least in modern terms. As I understand it science became what was first called Philosophy of Nature, to find answers of how nature works. But I've also heard that the first science was more religion oriented, that the answers they found would always be in the context of God, it's in a book I own. You also have to wonder what came first, was it the philosophical thoughts, with time forming the idea of a religion, or was it making a religion around something and then philosophies develop around that. Then again if you made a religion, wouldn't you logically already have had the philosophical thoughts? Or it may not have been that black and white, and both could occur almost at the same time. A final note is that contrary to what you said that Greek philosophy did not come from some questioning of religious beliefs. What I seem to recall is that it came as a polar movement to the dominance of religion, especially Christianity, focusing on asking questions based more on logic and reason. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks for the nice informative video :)

@danieldilly 2 жыл бұрын

1:33 - "In the ancient world, philosophy was turned to when religion couldn't provide an answer...". The same is true in the modern world.

@athanpyr6899 2 жыл бұрын

i love philosophy,thanks for your video, in greek , philosophy means , ' friend of sophia (wisdom) ' , but sometimes in ancient greek we used to loooove our friends ,or thats what they :D

@publicopinion3596 Жыл бұрын

Philosophy is rooted in how what is the meaning of thing or why thing represent certain characteristics

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

Which is why it's so interesting because different people view things in different ways. Thanks for watching! 🙂

@publicopinion3596 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia that is an incidental factor whether something is truth or not false is up to debit thanks for service

@anthro23 6 ай бұрын

Aristotle is my favourite philosopher.

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 5 ай бұрын

Great choice. Thanks for watching!

@Celebritycity_001 Жыл бұрын

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@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@gaberalsaroot9961 Жыл бұрын

thanku vre very math

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. 🙂

@adamc1966 2 жыл бұрын

Epicurus and Thomas Paine.

@Its_Utje Жыл бұрын

Can you please share the references of your resources

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

Hi! If you look in our video description, we have linked our relevant articles. If you click though to our articles, you can scroll down and view the bibliography we have used. 🙂

@andreasolofsson 2 жыл бұрын

Stoicism & Marcus Aurelius!

@stephanosc6603 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Stoicism as it was in that time, not as we use the word "stoic" today. Following true stoicism can bring on true inner peace.

@davidbarber3821 2 жыл бұрын

If that's considered the beginning of philosophy then philosophy has been around probably b4 Sumer & Kemet ... those hv been the fundamental questions of mankind

@theisheep2676 Жыл бұрын

I feel as though you didn't explain indian philosophy in much detail as greek.

@noorzanayasmin7806 Жыл бұрын

I like Daoism, Stoicism, Deism, Jesus philosophy. I like Jesus figure because he teaches us the value of humbleness. I guess I have always been believer of natural order/higher order.

@rishabhthakur8773 9 ай бұрын

Metaphysics= Tattva mimansa Epistemology = Gyan Mimansa Politics = arth sastra Aesthetic = saundarya mimansa Ethics = niti sastra They are Indian words

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@AnonymousStranger-up5he 6 ай бұрын

Why do the British add an "r"-sound to words ending in a vowel and add a vowel-sound to words ending in an "r"?

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 5 ай бұрын

Not sure if you're talking about our host, Kelly? But if you are, she's Australian, not British. 🙂

@benquinneyiii7941 6 ай бұрын

Feather

@martinmarten3856 2 жыл бұрын

nailed it! yo ye gong vong vong veru आ र प च न

@jonerlandson1956 2 жыл бұрын

*whoa...* begin at the beginning... man did not start moving stone around... until... after the ice ages... glacial till... then came open area... then came grass... then came cattle... then... came domestication... the missing link?... stone... a conglomeration of time... and... cattle...

@avdrei3426 Жыл бұрын

Primitive but efficient

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

And something that has endured to this day. 🙂

@Evagelopoulos862 2 жыл бұрын

If we are talking about Philosophy , well Philosophy DON'T take care about religion,myths ,superstitions ecc. it's a logic process to explain the kosmos. The rules of logic were determined by the Greeks and became the science. The origin of philosophy is Greek , and only Greek.

@franjohnson2418 7 ай бұрын

Judaism??

@raghavarvoltore6517 2 жыл бұрын

Please define what you mean by East and West. Is there a bilateral distinction in philosopher? Does Western only mean Greek philosophy and Eastern philosophy all that is not Greek? Do Europeans have their own philosophy? Is the teachings of Greek philosophy so different from that of Indian philosophy? If Greeks and Indians and Europeans all belong to an Indo-European tradition, then we are all one in terms of philosophical teachings then why this distinction? Indian philosophy did not begin from a reform but has been there distinct from the Brahmana tradition ie Shramanas. Also please note stop quoting the old dating system. The now established dating of Buddha is dated around 1900BCE. Please read this works of Vedveer Arya.

@starcapture3040 2 жыл бұрын

Becuease Greek philosophy is not based on Indian philosophy or ideas. Indo-European is superficial reconstructed terme it is not scientifically driven.