Generalization and summary of scientific knowledge across natural sciences, social sciences and the sciences of thinking, a theoretical and systematic world outlook, a theoretical system that grasps the world in its totality. The word philosophy goes back to the Greek word philosophía, which means “love of wisdom”. It was translated as “tetsugaku” (哲学) by the modern Japanese scholar Nishi Amane, and later spread to China.
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