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This is the Conversation Forum for How to Be a Philosopher << Ohhh! I shouldn't.... Sophies's world is one of the worst books ever >> Subject: a point about the origin of philosophy Posted Oct 3, 2005 by E'Bert   Posting 1 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 Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: a point about the origin of philosophy Posted Oct 3, 2005 by RFJS__ - trying to write an unreadable book, finding proofreading tricky This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 Oh dear... Good job someone noticed. Try alerting Feedback-Editorial to get it changed. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: a point about the origin of philosophy Posted Oct 3, 2005 by E'Bert This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Sounds good. I forgot to say that other than one tiny error, it's a great entry. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: a point about the origin of philosophy Posted Mar 11, 2007 by Otto Fisch (14 shirt)(Now moved under the Bosman ruling) This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 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! Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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