SOME PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIETY INCLUDE AIMS TO MAKE PHILOSOPHY MORE ACCESSIBLE BY SHOWING ITS CONNECTION TO LIBERAL ARTS AND THE THINKING PROCESS. PHILOS AND SOPHIA, IN WHICH PHILOS STANDS FOR LOVE AND SOPHIA MEANS WISDOM, THEREFORE, TO ATTAIN WISDOM,THE WESTERN PHILOSOPHER PLATO ESTABLISHED AN INSTITUTION CALLED THE ‘ACADEMY’ IN 388 BC. ARISTOTLE ESTABLISHED AN INSTITUTION CALLED LYCEUM IN 342 BC. THE BASIC OBJECTIVES OF THESE SCHOOLS WERE TO ATTAIN WISDOM IN WESTERN WORLD. SIMILARLY, THE INDIAN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS AND VARIOUS SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY CAME UP WITH THEIR PHILOSOPHICAL CREDOS JUSTIFYING THE NEED OF PHILOSOPHICAL SALVATION TO THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL TURMOIL IN THE ANCIENT TIMES. IN THE MODERN TIMES IN INDIA, VARIOUS PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS MADE AN EFFORT TO EVOLVE AN EMERGING STREAM OF PHILOSOPHY PROPOUNDING THE KNOWLEDGE TO TRAVEL FROM PRIVILEGED TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE NATIONAL GLORY. AFTER THE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA, PHILOSOPHERS OF MODERN INDIA MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTORE THE INDIAN PHILOSOPHICAL CULTURE WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE EFFORTS OF A PHILOSOPHER AND TEACHER MIRZA MAHMOOD BEGG WHOSE VISION ESTABLISHED PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT AT DELHI COLLEGE NOW POPULARLY KNOWN AS ZAKIR HUSAIN DELHI COLLEGE TO PROSPER HIS STUDENTS WITH A HEIGHTENED PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE. WE ORGANIZE WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY EVERY YEAR IN NOVEMBER, THE BIRTH MONTH OF THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER SOCRATES, WHO IS CALLED THE FATHER OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY. THIS PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY GIVES AN AWARD IN THE NAME OF M.M. BEGG TO ITS PARTICIPANTS TO HONOR M. M. BEGG, THE FOUNDER OF ZAKIR HUSAIN DELHI COLLEGE AND FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN PHILOSOPHY.

UNESCO HAS DECLARED THIS WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY TO BE CELEBRATED ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF NOVEMBER EVERY YEAR. IN THIS PROGRAM, DEBATES, PAPER, WRITING, AND PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSIONS ARE ORGANIZED ON PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS. M. M. BEGG AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE PARTICIPANTS WHO GET FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PLACE IN THIS PROGRAM. THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IS A DEPARTMENTAL SOCIETY THAT SUPPORTS THE COLLEGE' SPHILOSOPHICALCOMMUNITY.