φιλοσοφία

From φῐλόσοφος ( philósophos , “ lover of knowledge or wisdom ” ) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ ( -íā ) , from φῐ́λος ( phílos , “ beloved; loving ” ) +‎ σοφός ( sophós , “ skilled with handcrafts; wise ” ) .

Pronunciation

• IPA (key) : /pʰi.lo.so.pʰí.aː/ → /ɸi.lo.soˈɸi.a/ → /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/

• ( 5 th BCE Attic ) IPA (key) : /pʰi.lo.so.pʰí.aː/
• ( 1 st CE Egyptian ) IPA (key) : /pʰi.lo.soˈpʰi.a/
• ( 4 th CE Koine ) IPA (key) : /ɸi.lo.soˈɸi.a/
• ( 10 th CE Byzantine ) IPA (key) : /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/
• ( 15 th CE Constantinopolitan ) IPA (key) : /fi.lo.soˈfi.a/

Noun

φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ • ( philosophíā ) f (genitive φῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱς) ; first declension

1. love of knowledge, pursuit of knowledge
2. the study, investigation of a topic
3. philosophy

46 CE – 120 CE , Plutarch, Moralia : τῶν δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀρρωστημάτων καὶ παθῶν ἡ φιλοσοφία μόνη φάρμακόν ἐστι. tôn dè tês psukhês arrhōstēmátōn kaì pathôn hē philosophía mónē phármakón esti. but for the soul's illnesses and sufferings, the only remedy is philosophy. (@perseus.tuftus.edu)

New Testament, Epistle to the Colossians 2:8: Βλέπετε μή τις ὑμᾶς ἔσται ὁ συλαγωγῶν διὰ τῆς φιλοσοφίας καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης. Blépete mḗ tis humâs éstai ho sulagōgôn dià tês philosophías kaì kenês apátēs. Watch that you are not taken captive by philosophy and empty deception.

Inflection

• This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀφῐλοσοφῐ́ᾱ f ( aphilosophíā , “ contempt for philosophy ” )

Related terms

and their derivatives

• σοφῐ́ᾱ f ( sophíā , “ skill, wisdom ” )
• σοφῐστής m ( sophistḗs , “ expert; teacher ” )
• φῐλοσοφέω ( philosophéō , “ philosophize, love knowledge ” )
• φῐλοσόφημᾰ n ( philosóphēma , “ a subject of philosophic inquiry; logic demonstration, principal ” )
• φῐλοσοφῐκός m ( philosophikós , “ concerned with philosophy ” )
• φῐλόσοφος m ( philósophos , “ lover of wisdom, philosopher ” )

and see at σοφός ( sophós , “ wise ” ) , φῐ́λος ( phílos , “ beloved, loving ” )

Descendants

• Greek: φιλοσοφία ( filosofía )
• Coptic: ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ ( philosophia )
• → Arabic: فَلْسَفَة ( falsafa )
  • → Azerbaijani: fəlsəfə
  • → Bashkir: фәлсәфә ( fəlsəfə )
  • ⇒ Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴼⵍⵙⴰⴼⵜ ( taflsaft )
  • → Crimean Tatar: felsefe
  • → Kazakh: пәлсапа ( pälsapa ) , фәлсафа ( fälsafa )
  • → Malay: falsafah
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فلسفه ( felsefe )
  • > Turkish: felsefe ( inherited )
  • → Persian: فلسفه
  • → Swahili: falsafa
  • → Uyghur: پەلسەپە ( pelsepe )
  • → Uzbek: falsafa

  Further reading

  • “ φιλοσοφία ”, in Liddell & Scott ( 1940 ) A Greek–English Lexicon , Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ φιλοσοφία ”, in Liddell & Scott ( 1889 ) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φιλοσοφία in Bailly, Anatole ( 1935 ) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français , Paris: Hachette
  • Bauer, Walter et al. ( 2001 ) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature , Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
  • G5385 in Strong, James ( 1979 ) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • Woodhouse, S. C. ( 1910 ) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language ‎ [1] , London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited .
  • metaphysics idem, page 527.
  • philosophy idem, page 610.
  • wisdom idem, page 982.