philosophy of Greek Classical Period?

answers1: The term "philosophy" is a compound word, composed of two
parts: philos (love) and sophia (wisdom), so that literally it means
love of wisdom. To be a philosopher is to love wisdom. <br>
The first part of the term philosophy (philos = love) is easy to
understand, denoting a "fondness for" or "attraction to." To love is
to place a value on something, so that the one who loves wisdom
considers it worthy of pursuit. The problem that arises, however, is
defining the term "wisdom" (sophia) as ancient Greeks would have
understood it. The term is not so easily explained. Nevertheless, this
much seems clear: since it was something to be loved and valued, it
seems that the ancient Greeks believed that wisdom did not come
naturally to the human beings. Normally, the things that are
commonplace and ubiquitous are taken for granted. Indeed, as will
become evident, ancient Greeks assumed that wisdom was inaccessible to
all but the intellectually capable and determined, so that its
possession was rare and highly prized. <br>
Generally for the ancient Greeks, to be a philosopher was to seek and
obtain an all-inclusive knowledge, which one could describe as the
knowledge of Being (Being is the most abstract of all terms, for it
means everything that is; as such Reality is a synonym for Being.)
Thus the philosopher, as the Greeks understood it, sought to
understand the Whole (another synonym for Being). The goal was to know
Being in its basic structure, not in all its multifarious detail, for
it was assumed that the details of one's existence become intelligible
when one understood them in relation to the Whole. To use a metaphor
from the building trade, the Greek philosopher was one who sought to
understand the framework in relation to which all the details of
existence were set. <br>
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