Coming to the word ‘philosophy,’ this is derived from the Greek
‘philosophia’ or “love of wisdom.” As this title of Topyaps
indicates, this page is all about the world’s greatest
philosophers. 10. Swami Vivekanand (1863-1902) – The Agnostic
turned seer: Disciple of Ramkrishna Paramhansa, this Indian
philosopher tried to make every one feel proud and declared –
“The background, the reality, of everyone is that same eternal,
ever blessed, ever pure and ever perfect one. It is the Atman,
the soul, in the saint and the sinner, in the happy and in the
miserable, in the beautiful and the ugly, in men and in animals;
it is the same throughout. it is the Shining One. ” Swami
Vivekanad began traveling all over the country since he was
young, preaching the essence of the Vedas and Hinduism, trying
to arouse Indians from their slumber. He traveled long distances
on foot, only taking trains when somebody was kind enough to
purchase his ticket. He exhorted all the upper castes to work
for the uplift of the downtrodden. He