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"Philosophy is the science which considers truth."
The logo for Princeton Science Academy contains the phrase Mens et Materia, which means in Latin Mind and Matter. Philosophy, a Western endeavor, arose in Ancient Greece and, up until the twentieth century, was a staple of European academic studies. Descartes, Leibniz and Newton -- these mathematicians and scientists of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were well versed in past and contemporary philosophical issues. Where science is limited to explaining the how’s of the universe, philosophy seeks to answer the why's. Indeed, notions of logic, proofs, theories and truths -- all are essential matters of science and math that can only be appreciated and understood through philosophical theories. The student of Princeton Science Academy spends four years studying the five categories of philosophy: ontology (existence), epistemology (knowledge), ethics (behavior), politics (justice) and aesthetics (beauty). ©2005-2008, Princeton Latin Academy, Inc. |
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