If we consider Philosophy from the standpoint of the meaning implied in its derivation, being compounded from the Greek words, loving, and wisdom, it naturally suggests the query, What kind of Wisdom should one love, and, loving, seek to find?
A fair definition of the scope and purpose of Philosophy is embraced in the following formula written by a recognized authority for encyclopedic use:—
"The universal and absolute science, aiming to explain phenomena by ultimate causes; to grasp the nature of real as distinguished from phenomenal existence; to systematize the forces and the laws which prevail in the activities of God, man, and nature; to reduce the universe to a principle of unity; and to exhibit at once the impulse and the goal of destiny."
