Philosophy & ThoughtGreek → English
Philosophy
/fɪˈlɒsəfi/
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
The Greek roots
φίλος
phílos
loving
σοφία
sophía
wisdom
Literally: “love of wisdom”
The story of the word
Pythagoras reportedly called himself not a sage but a philósophos — a lover of wisdom, forever seeking rather than claiming to possess it.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
A single question can open an entire philosophy.