PLATO

PHILOSOPHERS

GREAT WORKS

TIMELINE

Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its methods and assumptions.

CORE BRANCHES

EPISTEMOLOGY

ETHICS

LOGIC

METAPHYSICS

Theory of knowlegde.

Moral philosophy, studies what constitutes right conduct (action).

Study of correct reasoning.

The study of the most general features of reality, such as existence, objects and their properties, wholes and their parts, space and time, events, and causation.

AESTHETICS

Studies the nature and appreciation of beauty and other aesthetic properties, like the sublime