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Why are we here? Is there any proof that ______ exists? Is there any purpose to any lives?
God
Most philosophers develop their own theories by seeing what is wrong with the work of earlier philosophers. One important reason for studying philosophy is that it deals with fundamental questions about the meaning of our ______.
existence
What makes anything right or wrong? Could we ever be justified in breaking the ______?
law
Is mind different from body, or are we simply physical beings who only ______ and eat?
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Another reason for studying philosophy is that it provides a good way of learning to think more clearly about a wide range of ______.
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The first to use the term 'philosophy' was ______ (around 500-580 BC).
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Originally the term 'philosophy' denoted striving for knowledge in general, that's why it embraced all fields of knowledge: from life and existence to moral standards and rules. Gradually particular spheres of knowledge arose from philosophy and became ______, so philosophy was understood as a system of views on the world and man's relation to it.
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A philosophical view is a system of definite, logically connected views of this or that philosopher, e.g: philosophical views of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, ______ etc.
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A philosophical school is a combination of philosophical views, united by some basic ideological principles, e.g.: Platonism, Neo-Platonism, ______.
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A combination of various modifications of some ideological principles, developed by different schools, and united on the basis of some common principles is called a philosophical branch, e.g.: idealism, materialism, rationalism, ______.
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