This quote is from the front of the website. It contains an unsound argument. A charitable interpretation is something like:Philosophy Defined
Philosophy consists of the contemplative investigation of the most fundamental aspects of existence, life, knowledge, and value. Philosophy concerns itself with how to live one's life (ethics), what one knows, can know, and how one knows it (epistemology), and what can be said to exist (metaphysics).
The word philosophy comes from the Greek word philos, meaning love/affinity/friendship, and the Greek word sophia, meaning wisdom. So a philosopher is literally a lover of wisdom.
- 1. The word philosophy comes from the Greek word philos, meaning love/affinity/friendship, and the Greek word sophia, meaning wisdom.
- 2. If the word philosophy comes from the Greek word philos, meaning love/affinity/friendship, and the Greek word sophia, meaning wisdom, then the word philosopher means a lover of wisdom.
- Thus, 3. The word philosopher means a lover of wisdom.
In the simplest case where a word W1 in a language L1 comes from a single word W2 in an another language L2, and W2 means X in L2, it might not be the case that W1 means X in L1. This is also true for words that have multiple parts (morphemes).
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