http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/lover-of-wisdom en-us 60 <p align="center"><strong>Phi-los-o-pher</strong></p><p align="center">noun</p><p align="center">a person engaged or learned in philosophy, esp. as an academic discipline.</p><p align="center">ORIGIN Middle English: from a variant of Old French <em><strong>philosophe</strong></em>, via Latin from Greek <em><strong>philosophos &lsquo;lover of wisdom,&rsquo; </strong></em>from<em><strong> philein &lsquo;to love&rsquo; </strong></em>+<em><strong> sophos &lsquo;wise.&rsquo;</strong></em></p><p><em>Philosopher</em>.</p><p>One of my favorite words.</p><p>Did you know &ldquo;philosopher&rdquo; comes from the Greek <em>philosophos </em>and literally means<em> &lsquo;lover of wisdom&rsquo;</em>?</p><p>Love that.</p><p>And, ssssshhhhhhh, but in case you didn&rsquo;t know&hellip;</p><p>* whispers *</p><p><em>You&rsquo;re a philosopher.</em></p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:15 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:267:267 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/267