what is philosophy philosophy essentially is a study for wisdom so what does that mean what is wisdom well as many philosophers have said in the past it is the beginning of wisdom to say I don't know wisdom is essentially uncertainty how is wisdom different to knowledge as history has Illustrated knowledge is something that can be passed on from generation to generation via books scribes notes and teachings knowledge has the power to therefore evolve whereas wisdom hasn't really evolved from the days of the first philosophers wisdom tends to be something that can be mentored to individuals and contained within an individual's life therefore it cannot evolve any higher in fact wisdom from ancient philosophers has not really changed in thousands of years so why compare knowledge and wisdom well essentially knowledge talks and wisdom listens so what do philosophers do philosophers Chase wisdom and as a result over the centuries they have have developed the knowledge on specific things that make people unwise being wise is attempting to live and die well being wise is the freedom to ask if an idea is logical rather than simply agreeing with popular opinion that the idea is right being wise is the ability to feel the rain during a thunderstorm rather than getting simply wet as the famous French German philosopher Albert schwartzer said constant kindness can accomplish much as the sun makes ice melt kindness causes misunder understanding mistrust and hostility to evaporate philosophy is the realization that wisdom comes from truth and truth comes from reality Ren relation will make you think and respect the art of philosophy