I suggest that you read my posts.Prismatic wrote:It seems to be—in the first use of the word philosophos by Pythagoras. Perhaps you can clarify your claim a bit. It certainly doesn't appear that the etymology is false. Perhaps you only meant that the general principle of assigning an etymology based on the roots of portions of words is not a reliable method, although it is valid in this particular case. Is that it?Deleet wrote: No one disputes the meaning of the Greek words. Nothing you have written is inconsistent with what I claimed.
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I did. Your point is not clear.Deleet wrote: I suggest that you read my posts.
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If you did and still don't know what my point is, then I can't help you further.Prismatic wrote:I did. Your point is not clear.Deleet wrote: I suggest that you read my posts.
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Then I must conclude that you know your point was wrong since you refuse to defend it.Deleet wrote: If you did and still don't know what my point is, then I can't help you further.
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