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Because the sentence Αυτή είναι φιλοσοφία (without the definite article) has a different meaning. It means It is a sophistry
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Both "this is philosophy" and "this is the philosophy" are accepted as correct translations; and yet in English, these have different meanings. Is this just one of those many ambiguities in cross-language communication, or is there another answer/perspective?
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Why does "the lawyer is younger" show when you hover over είναι?
In the lesson before, I learned that Αυτή means 'she' and here it's refered to 'this'. What is the exact meaning of this word?
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Αυτή is both a personal and a demonstrative pronoun.
The emphasized III:rd persons are αυτός conjugated: αυτ-ός; αυτοί, αυτή; αυτές, αυτό; αυτά = he; they (masculine gender), she; they (feminine gender), it, they (neutral gender)
The same αύτος conjugated gives this, these for different genders. Note that if this/these is an adjective the noun must have its definite article: this student, αυτός ο μαθητής/ αυτή η μαθήτρια
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Does αυτή have to agree with φιλοσοφια? It looks like φιλοσοφια is feminine because of the definite article.
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Yes, demonstrative pronouns are conjugated according to the noun they describe: αυτός ο φίλος, αυτή η σοφία/ this friend, this wisdom
"She is the Philosophy" wouldn't make that much sense in English though, considering that Philosophy is neuter in English. :P
