Philosophy

            The most persistent command was "know thyself", according to many of the Ancient .
             This means that a life devoid of philosophical speculation is hardly .
             human life. The meaning of philosophy is the rational investigation of the truths and principles .
             of being, knowledge, or conduct.
             Camus, a French writer, believes that those who commit suicide think life does have.
             meaning and that they have already lived their life to the fullest, where as those who do not .
             commit suicide believe that life is not worth living or have no fulfilled their dream yet and are .
             waiting for that moment to come, for example. Camus also believes this command "know.
             thyself" as well. He believes that suicide is the one truly serious philosophical problem. .
             "Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of .
             philosophy." (Each Person Gives., Pg 712).
             Another philosopher, named Socrates, believes something quite opposite from Camus.
             He believes that having a wonderful and prosperous life is just one more thing to live for.
             That there is good out there. He has a method of inquiry consists of identifying what his.
             interlocutor, person who takes part in a conversation, thinks he knows, and then slowly.
             dissecting those claims of knowledge using a series of questions. Most of the information we get.
             Socrates derives from Plato, Socrates student. Socrates felt that knowledge is living, an.
             interactive thing. The Athenians, with the exception of Plato, thought of Socrates as.
             a Sophist, a designation he seems to have bitterly resented. He was, however, very similar .
             in thought to the Sophists. Like the Sophists, he was unconcerned with physical or .
             metaphysical questions; the issue of primary importance was ethics, living a good life. He .
             appeared to be a sophist because he seems to tear down every ethical position he's .
             confronted with; he never offers alternatives after he's torn down other people's ideas.