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a point about the origin of philosophy
E'Bert Started conversation Oct 3, 2005
just to be technical, but philosophy derives from (please forgive me if I spell this slightly wrong, I don't have my classic Greek dictionary on hand) Philos, meaning love (as you said above) and Sophia - which accually means wisdome (not knowledge).
The majority of philosopher's I know would be quite miffed to sophia translated as knowledge.
E'Bert
a point about the origin of philosophy
RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky Posted Oct 3, 2005
Oh dear... Good job someone noticed. Try alerting <./>Feedback-Editorial</.> to get it changed.
a point about the origin of philosophy
E'Bert Posted Oct 3, 2005
Sounds good.
I forgot to say that other than one tiny error, it's a great entry.
a point about the origin of philosophy
Otto Fisch ("Stop analysing Strava.... and cut your hedge") Posted Mar 11, 2007
The entry has now been updated by Danny B, curator and all round superstar, to correct my error (amongst other changes). Thanks for pointing it out!
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