Uzivi ndezwi rinoreva "rudo rweuchenjeri" muchiGiriki. Iyi dzidziso yakasimuka zviuru zvemakore akapfuura uye yakawana mukurumbira wakajeka muHellas. ChiGiriki (uye gare gare Roma) uzivi hwakagadzirwa pasi pesimba rezvinyorwa zvose uye nesayenzi yakanga iri kuitika panguva iyoyo.
Zvisinei, kwete munyika yekare chete nzira yakadaro yenyika yakagadzirwa. Uzivi hwayo hwakanga huriwo vagari vekare veIndia neChina. Kunyanya, chiBuddha chakatanga kusimuka semudzidzisi weMambo Gautama uye gare gare akawana maitiro echitendero. Zviratidzo zveLao Tzu uye nyanzvi Confucius achiri kunyengetedza pfungwa dze vagari veMambo weKudenga.
Nhoroondo yefilosofi chirango chinodzidza matanho ekufambiswa kwesayenzi. Inoratidzira hukama pakati pezvikoro zvega dzidziso iyi. Nhoroondo yefilosofi sekuparadzaniswa kwakasiyana kwakamuka munguva yekare uye yaiva yekutsoropodza kwemaonero evanofunga-vakagara mberi. Iko kutsanangurwa kwakadaro kwakadaro mabasa aAristotle. Akabva aenda kune zvizvarwa zvake ruzivo rwakakura rwemaonero uye kufungidzira kwevakidzani vake. Pashure pake, vazivi vakadaro sevanokakavara, saSextus Empiricus naDiogenes Laertius, vakaita basa rakafanana . Mabasa evanyori ava ndeyezvinyorwa zvinoshamisa zvemabhuku ezuva racho, asi hazvisi zvakarongeka kana nguva dzakataridzirwa mukutsanangurwa kwezviitiko.
Nhoroondo yefilosofi yakagadziriswa mutsva mukuvandudzika kweMiddle Ages uye kunyanya muRenaissance yakatevera. Pakutanga kwaiva basa pamwe nezvinyorwa zvevadzidzi vekutanga vechiKristu, kuvakazve pfungwa dzavo. Nokudaro, kufarira kwakatanga kukanganisa maonero evanhu vekare, Plato naAristotle. Sezvo muMiddle Ages filosofi yakanga yakabatana zvikuru nekudzidzisa kwechechi, Aristotle akatove akakwirira kusvika panzvimbo yevatsvene, pasinei nokuti akanga ari wechihedheni. Zvisinei, panguva yeRenaissance, chitendero chakanga chichirasika zvishoma nezvishoma. Philosophy panguva iyo yakatanga kufambidzana neukama. Kuumbwa kwemaonero evanhu kunotungamirirwa nehutano hwekunaka. Uye uzivi wezvinonzi "New Time" (zana remakore gumi nemanomwe) hwakange hwakabatana zvikuru nesayenzi. Izvi, kunyanya, zvakagadzirisa nzira yevanhu vanovhenekera, izvo mabasa avo aiwanzogadzirirwa kutsoropodza tezidzo nechitendero.
Zvishoma nezvishoma, zvidzidzo zvitsva zvakaonekwa mumayunivhesiti eEurope. Kunyanya, mazano ekudzidzira pamusoro penyaya yefilosofi. Kunyange zvakadaro, vakanga vasina hanya uye havana kupa zvakakwana ruzivo. Nhoroondo yakanyatsogadziriswa yefilosofi muhurukuro pfupi yakaonekwa kubva peni yeHergist thinker Hegel. Iro pfungwa dzeasayendisiti iyi dzakakonzera kusinganzwisisiki kukura kwechirango chose. Hegel aidavira kuti, pane zvose, nhoroondo yefilosofi chiratidzo chekugadzirisa uye kusagadzikana kwekuti vanhu vanofunga zvakanakisisa vekare nevemazuva vakapinda. Mifungiro yake yakatorwa nemutsva mutsva wevatsvakurudzi. Pakupera kwezana remakore rechigumi nemapfumbamwe, nhoroondo yefilosofi yakazopedzisira yakagadzirirwa kuva chirango chakasiyana, chakakwana. Kunyanya, uku ndiko kubudirira kwevasayendisiti vakaita saFisher, Erdmann, Zeller.
Nhoroondo yezvino yeWestern philosophy haina chokuita chete nekugadziriswa kwemabasa ekare, asiwo kuongororwa kwevafudzi vekuRaissance uye nguva yedu. Iyi chirango chinosimbisa kuunganidza nokuchengetedza ruzivo rwakapfuurira kusvikira nhasi. Kunyanya, anodzidza chiIndia, chiChinese, firipi yekare. Mukuwedzera, inopa rudzi rwekubatana kwezvizvarwa. Vafungiro vekare, pamwe nemabasa avo, vanova nyaya yekutsvakurudza kwepfungwa kune vatsva vanozivikanwa.