Plato And Socrates: The Meaning Of Life

People have always been trying to understand the universe and the concepts that dominate our daily lives. This thirst for knowledge resulted in the development of science, philosophy, and religion.

Western philosophy started in Greece and spread further to America and Australia. The word philosophy comes from the Greek word philosophia which means “love of wisdom.” Philosophy has many different fields, domains, and branches: Aesthetics, Epistemology, Logic, Metaphysics, Political Philosophy, etc.

The first thing that usually comes to our mind when we hear the word philosophy is the question “what’s the meaning of life” Socrates, and Plato. Socrates is considered to be the first philosopher. Yet, that statement isn’t entirely accurate. Philosophy existed long before Plato and Socrates had come into the picture. This period is usually called pre-socratic philosophy, which is dominated by philosophers such as Pythagoras, Heraclitus, and Parmenides. However, what those philosophers presented were more philosophical problems, rather than insights into philosophy. Contrarily, what Plato and Socrates did was formulate methods and solutions. Therefore, they are more prominent figures. Despite all of this, there’s still a lot that can be learned from predecessors. One of the most prominent philosophers of the pre-socratic period is Pythagoras. Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of Pythagorean brotherhood. Not only, He largely influenced thought of