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Introduction
Overview
This course is mainly about the development of western philosophy from the very beginning to the early 19th century and various major schools in modern philosophy during the late 19th century. This course is aimed to introduce a number of great and famous philosophers and their philosophies attributed into four periods, viz. ancient Greek, medieval, modern and German idealism. It focuses on Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Thomas, Empiricists, Idealists, Kant and Hegel.
Field of Study
Philosophy
哲学是一门特殊的学问，是与通常局限于某种具体对象的知识体系不同的学问。在汉语中，“哲”是聪明的意思，在希腊文中则意味着爱智慧，所以，按照字义解释，哲学是一种使人聪明、启发智慧的学问。然而，这并不足以表明哲学的实质。哲学作为一门学问，是同人们的世界观联系在一起的，是人们世界观的理论表现形态。因此，哲学是理论化、系统化了的世界观，或者说，是人们世界观的理论体系。
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