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The origin of philosophy has always been a controversial issue. The term comes from two Greek words: edge, which means love, attraction ... and the other, philosopher, which means wisdom.
Greek philosophers considered that philosophy is born with Thales of Miletus, but still, there are two hypotheses of how I think this thought rational
- Hypothesis Eastern origin, who says that the Greeks copied Eastern philosophy and passed in Greece , where he was given a higher development.
- Hypothesis Greek origin, where philosophy would be an original creation of the Greek people

Despite these two situations, the real origin of philosophy was in a Greek village, and that its rejection of the supernatural, the magical are signs of a rationality that we can hardly find in other forms of thought.
born about s.VII-VI BC as a result of a new attitude to the universe: man is not satisfied with the answers mythical, but seeks answers to the secrets of the universe with the only help reason and logic. This new kind of thinking is known as the myth over the logos.



causes to be given this new kind of thinking were:

- A lack of a class priestly guardian of religion and science. Knowledge in the imperial cultures was run and guarded by a class specifically devoted to official knowledge, in its religious and scientific, that makes any doctrine outside the state is considered sectarian or heretical.

The Greeks have a worship their gods and some priests in charge, but they lack the brand establishment closed, and the role of the gods and their worship, varies from one polis to another. This creates contrast and lack of dogma, which favors the presence of varied interpretations of the world without restrictions.
- There was no Greek state and some features of culture are: the interest focused on nature and man, in a dynamic and temporality of this world, defining its humanistic spirit.
Possession of an abstract language, defined by a grammatical structure. From this it can be a logic and dialectic. Since, Greek writing is accessible to any man and his character also favored vowel accessibility and transmission.