p Having discussed the specific features of philosophy and its functions, we may proceed to a definition of its subject-matter.

p Philosophy i,<s a wnrld m^look and a method of cognition developed on the basis of a specific solution to the problem ot the relationship between matter and cnnsciousness.—

p This definition applies to any philosophy, to any philosophical view-materialist or idealist, dialectical or metaphysical. But here we do not intend to define the subject-matter of every philosophical school, and will confine ourselves to that of the Marxist-Leninist philosophy.

The Marxist-Leninist philosophy is a /science studying regularities in the relationship Between matter and consciousness, the universal laws ot nature, society, and thought, and developing a world^putlook and a method ot cognising and transforming reality.