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"No one can learn philosophy, they can only learn to think philosophically." The idea of philosophy is just the answering of a few questions. “Who are you?” and, “Where does the world come from?” seem like two very simple inquiries. It could be answered by a name and a theory learned in science. Well, how could they not yet be fully answered when they have been asked for thousands of years? It is because they are not as straightforward as they seem and require vast amounts of consideration. Even the people, who have thought about the questions throughout their lives, have not quite reached at the answers that they are content with. Although I have only spent about a month and a half philosophizing over the questions, I have come up with some answers. To start off, an individual has many unique characteristics that make them an individual. I have the same opinion as Aristotle in that I am a human being, not an animal, because I have the ability to think and use reasoning. Since I can use my reasoning, I do not hav