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Translation

philosophy

Word origin

From Greek philosophia, love of wisdom, from philos ('loving') and sophia ('wisdom'). Esperanto takes the international form whole, as it does with almost every -io discipline name.

Origin
Greek
Root
philosophia
English cognates
philosophy, sophisticated, bibliophile

Examples

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He studies philosophy at the university.

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Her philosophy of life is very simple.

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Philosophy asks more than it answers.

One of the free ones: if you know the English word you know this, and the whole - family behaves the same way (, , teologio). The person is a , the adjective filozofia. Both senses English has come across intact, so a university course and somebody's private outlook on life are each a .

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This word is part of lesson 33.