World Philosophy Day 2021: 18 November (Third Thursday of November)
- World Philosophy Day is celebrated on Third Thursday of November each year.
- In 2021, the day falls on 18 November.
- It was first celebrated in 2002 by the United Nations.
- WPD aims to raise public awareness of the importance of philosophy.
- Philosophy comes from the Greek word phílosophía which means ‘the love of wisdom.’
- It is the study of the nature of reality and existence, of what is possible to know, and of right and wrong behavior.