The word φιλόσοφία tells us that philosophy is something which, first of all, determines the existence of the Greek world. Not only that--φιλόσοφία also determines the innermost basic feature of our Western-European history. The often heard expression "Western-European philosophy" is, in truth, a tautology. Why? Because philosophy is Greek in its nature; Greek, in this instance, means that in origin the nature of philosophy is of such a kind that it first appropriated the Greek world, and only it, in order to unfold.

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