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Philos is
friend or lover; sophia = wisdom.  So philosophy is love of wisdom and the philosopher is "friend/lover" of wisdom.

posted by Friar__Tuck on August 25, 2004 at 11:51 PM | link to this | reply

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it's fun and good mental excercise! I thought that philo = the study of and sophy = wisdom. So the study of  = the love of?

posted by jimmy68 on August 25, 2004 at 11:42 PM | link to this | reply