There are many wonderful books in the world in the genre of introduction to philosophy, containing selections of extracts from the works of both great thinkers of the past and modern philosophers. This little book cannot replace them, but the author still hopes that it gives the first idea of philosophy, doing it with the utmost clarity and simplicity. If, after reading it, you decide to take on the next book on philosophy, you will see for yourself how much more can be said about these problems in addition to what has been said in this edition. The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.