"φιλοσοφία"

Translation: Philosophy

[otsogutxi]

I knew this would be in the first skill of the Greek course!

[Theo_Matrakas]

Philosophy is a key-word in Greek! We have created an entire Philosophy skill at the end of the tree

[MarkBennett6]

"love of knowledge" is what we're all about here.

[TiredSounds]

Alternatively "love of wisdom".

"τούτου μὲν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐγὼ σοφώτερός εἰμι· κινδυνεύει μὲν γὰρ ἡμῶν οὐδέτερος οὐδὲν καλὸν κἀγαθὸν εἰδέναι, ἀλλ᾽ οὗτος μὲν οἴεταί τι εἰδέναι οὐκ εἰδώς, ἐγὼ δέ, ὥσπερ οὖν οὐκ οἶδα, οὐδὲ οἴομαι· ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι.

I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he knows nothing; whereas I, as I do not know anything, so I do not fancy I do. In this trifling particular, then, I appear to be wiser than he, because I do not fancy I know what I do not know."

[deactivated user]

Plato: Apology 21d.

[J.C.M.H.]

This word sounds exactly like European Spanish filosofía. Obviously, the spanish word derives from Greek, but in other languages (Portuguese, Catalan, Italian) the pronunciation is somewhat different.

[jgierbo2]

Yeah phonetically there are many similarities between Castilian Spanish and Greek.

[BasicallySilver]

I'm assuming the Spanish speakers (or just anyone who speaks a Romance language) would have no problem learning and pronoucing Greek words

[J.C.M.H.]

Personally, I love the Greek pronunciation. Greek, the same than Spanish, emphasizes more the vowels; English emphasizes more the consonants.

[o0_JC_0o]

I'm spanish, and yes, both of you are completely right.

[mlw1550]

You are right :)

[Kuo_Lucy]

first Greek word that I don't need to peek with my mouse before typing the translation. so happy.

[JMEND1]

I will remember this word. FOR SOCRATES

[JayMilkshake]

Wisest is he who knows he does not know

[VagueSilhouette]

My reason for learning Greek.

[rolandcassar]

what is the gender of this word?

[MarkBennett6]

feminine: η φιλοσοφία

[Vacadechocolate]

This made me so happy...

[Carter571328]

Hi

[deactivated user]

Philosophers: Ξεκινά να κλαίει

[NettFitz]

I'm coming to this course having already studied Ancient Greek, so I learned φιλοσοφια as 'wisdom', is that still a valid translation or does modern Greek use a different word?

[G.Georgopoulos]

"Φιλοσοφία" has always meant "philosophy". "Σοφία" is the word for "wisdom", so, as stated above, "φιλοσοφία"=love of wisdom.

[sopheea.p]

Guess I'm in an important word :)

[AdeolaOla]

I keep getting this wrong even though I'm typing the exact same characters?

[D_..]

If even copying and pasting the correct answer is not working, please report this here. Often there are typos that may not be easily identified, e.g. if you've used a mix of Greek and English keyboard characters (T versus Τ).