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Birth of Psychology is claimed in late 19th century therefore we can say it is a subject which is not very old, rather it's new. Today when people think of psychology, it is not possible for them to think without Wilhelm Wundt, B.F Skinner and Sigmund Freud etc. Their research, writings and work has made it possible, to understand our personality, human development and so many other aspects of the psychology. Psychology starts with study of mind, the various disorders of mind. In this study discovery of the unconsciousness was a major turning point. The objective was to deeply understand the hidden inner drives for a well-adjusted life. But psychology was always in existence though without name. Whether you talk about very rich ancient eastern philosophy or western philosophyeastern philosophy or western philosophy, you will find a strong place psychology made. Ebbinghaus started one of his book with lines, that, "Psychology has a long past but only a short history." Just flip the sentence and you will find "Psychology has a short history but a long past." In the above paragraph you must have noticed that we are dealing Psychology but the very next line Philosophy has been mentioned. Therefore, one thing should be clear that in ancient times there was no categorization of subjects like we have today. During development of human civilization there were group of few curious people who questioned whatever happened around them. From a large incident to the minutest of movement were scrutinized by them. Those curious people later been termed as 'Philosophers.' They were questioning everything like universe, self, society, behaviour etc. For example well known thinkers like 'Pythagoras' and 'Archimedes' were not only philosophers; they were also mathematicians, mystics, physicist etc. But gradually they self-divided themselves in different categories. Like one who questioned 'universe', indulged him fully in universe which later turned as a subject known as Astronomy. Similarly, the person who dealt ‘self’ dedicated himself there and later it became Psychology (in western terrain) and Spirituality (in eastern terrain) etc. Therefore, you must treat Psychology as a part of Philosophy. Psychology says that we all live in our own created world; we all live in the world of our own, which is an illusionary world. It says that, consciousness of each individual is independent and a separate reality. Two people although sharing the same event do not experience the same situation or event like each other even if they are right there at the same place and in the same moment. We may share an experience with someone but our experience is not as theirs and theirs is not ours. There will always be a difference between what we experience and what another experiences and any other past, present or future experience. We create this world unconsciously, and think that we are living in it consciously.
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