CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Philosophy Day 2021- Nov 18 (Third Thursday of November)
- World Philosophy Day is celebrated on the Third Thursday of November each year.
- In 2021, the day falls on 18 November. WPD aims to raise public awareness of the importance of philosophy..
- World Philosophy Day was introduced in 2002 by UNESCO. In 2005 the UNESCO General Conference proclaimed that World Philosophy Day would be celebrated every third Thursday of November
- Philosophy comes from the Greek word phílosophía which means ‘the love of wisdom.’
- It is the study of the nature of reality and existence, of what is possible to know, and of right and wrong behavior.
