Philosophy under the Sign of Crisis Situations

Abstract

According to Plato, philosophy was born out of the amazement, out of the impact the contemplation of the grandiose and harmonious nature show and its regular cycles had upon the human mind. However amazement is only one of the impulses that determine one to search forintelligible answers to the questions of a reflexive mind when coming into contact with a reality that causes amazement.

Keywords

• rationalisme
• empiricism
• freedom
• knowledge