By Sir Jr Guzman

1. Philosophy and the Human
Person

2. The term philosophy is attributed to
Pythagoras as he is said to be the first to use it
when he differentiated the three classes of people
who attend an ancient Olympic Games as:
1. Lovers of gain – first class of people who sells
their wares for money.
2. Lovers of honor – the second class people; nor
compete in the games for honor.
3. Lovers of knowledge or wisdom – third class of
people is the best kind who goes to the games
as they are spectators who seek to seek to
arrive at the truth. He called this class of people
philosophers.

3. Philosophy is derived from philosophia which
is a combination of the Greek terms philos (love)
and sophia (wisdom). Philosophy means “love of
wisdom”.
The Three Concepts of Philosophy
1. The fundamental values or some basic
assumptions about things, persons, institutions
and others which form presuppositions that
influence one’s beliefs, decisions and actions.
2. Activity of reflecting on and analyzing one’s
beliefs or reasons for actions or decisions.

4. 3. Philosophy could be a reconstructed belief or a
value system.
Philosophy – is a study of subjects which can be
understood on how they are talked about.
Talking about subject means:
1. Investigating the meaning of concepts or
proposal of a new term in order to advance some
area of philosophical inquiry;

5. 2. Critiquing the use of these terms;
3. A combination of both.
The question is “What subjects can be talked
about?”
Two differences between philosophical and
nonphilosophical subjects.
• philosophical – reflective person believes in,
counts as real and considers as good which shapes
his or her life.

6. • nonphilosophical – lack of general agreement on
how the subjects of concern may be defined.