Philosophy is an advance in Civilization: Call to Power.
Summary[]
Philosophy, step three in the Cultural Branch, explains the mysteries of the world in rational terms. The study of philosophy spawns Academies, which increase science and lead to the development of drama and Theaters, which increase happiness.
Great Library entry[]
The development of writing opened new ways of thinking. One of these was philosophy. Philosophy provided analytical reasoning to human discussion. Early philosophers laid the groundwork for future thinking by introducing conceptual reasoning. Whereas previous thinkers had worked only from concrete examples, the philosopher deduced a conceptual thesis that he could then apply to similar, but different problems.