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What is Your Personal Philosophy?
Everyone has a philosophy for their life.
As far as I can tell, everyone develops their own personal philosophy along the way. It is this which they base their lives upon, and that creates their moral code, ethics, and general approach to life.
Frequently, however, I believe few people are actually aware of this.
Philosophy is often looked upon as an abstract concept. The term philosophy, coined by Pythagoras, means questioning the fundamentals of existence, values, knowledge, reason, language, mind, and so on.
Put more simply, philosophy is the search for truth and understanding of our life experiences.
For a lot of people, a direct exploration of this is something they tend to avoid. They turn to known philosophers and such, like Aristotle, Confucius, Descartes, Emerson, and others and their ideas. Some turn to religion, some to science, and some to any outside influence which feels comfortable to them.
Yet along the way, I would argue that everyone will develop their own personal philosophy. Why? Because we are all unique individuals, capable of thoughts and feelings to a very different and complicated degree beyond the rest of the animal kingdom.
Look at the device you are using to read this. No other creatures on this planet have…
