The Greek word “philosophy” denotes a person’s desire in comprehension to comprehend the essence, nature of phenomena. Literally, the word "philosophy" is translated from the Greek language as "any wisdom." The main question around which the whole philosophy revolves is understanding the meaning of life for an individual and its place in the world.
And in ancient times there were people who were worried about questions of being, searches for truth, people who were able to wisely, thoughtfully solve difficult life issues, who knew how to understand and see the implicit meaning of things and events in life. The origins of philosophy are already in ancient myths, in which man tried to explain a particular phenomenon of nature and life. People sought to understand not just the events themselves, but how they are interconnected, what are their reasons and grounds.
But the mythological worldview, firstly, was unproven, and secondly, far from everything in the human world was explained. Therefore, prerequisites arose for the formation of a philosophical way of thinking and cognition, which is more rational and deep. Lovers of wisdom understood philosophy as the art of extracting truth with the help of reason and logic.
Philosophy as a special worldview appeared even before our era, and it developed approximately parallel to the ancient world, ancient India and ancient China. It is believed that the word "philosophy" was coined by Pythagoras. He called himself a philosopher or any wisdom, loving wise thoughts. According to Pythagoras, a man cannot be a sage, since he is not given to know and understand everything. Unfortunately, Pythagoras did not leave behind works, so the first author to use the concept of "philosophy" in his works is Heraclitus. It was he who owned the phrase: "Philosopher men must know a lot." From ancient Greece, the term spread to countries in Western Europe and the Middle East.
Man was worried about both questions of being and questions concerning the inner world of man, the meaning of his life. The ancient philosopher Socrates said: "Know thyself!" He believed that only by knowing himself would a person come to an understanding of how to live.
Thus, philosophy arose as a result of a person’s desire to understand the meaning of being and the nature of things. Although none of the greatest philosophers could give an unequivocal answer to global questions, because this is impossible in principle.
