"Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable...if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, THINK about such things!"
Phillippians 4:8
Have you ever considered that the Bible commands us to study Philosophy? :)
Though the statement might sound somewhat self-serving for a philosophy professor to claim, notice in the passage above the elements we should ponder. True things fall into the category of Epistemology (the study of knowledge and truth), Noble things are Virtue theory (a subset of Ethics), Right things are explored in the study of Ethics and indeed in the study of Logic, Pure things are studied in Metaphysics (what does it mean to exist, what is pure existence, etc.), Aesthetics is the study of things that are Lovely, and Admirable things again fall into the category of Ethics and the larger pursuit of Wisdom. All of these are elements of the study of Philosophy! What is more, all these things are excellent and praiseworthy as creations of our perfectly excellent and praiseworthy God.
So...what does the Bible teach? Go forth and study Metaphysics, Epistemology, Ethics, Logic, and Aesthetics...Go forth and study Philosophy!
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