φιλοσοφία
philosophia
love of knowledge, pursuit there of, speculation
Appears 145 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
φιλοσοφία, ἡ, A. love of knowledge, pursuit there of, speculation, 12.209, Phd. 61a, Grg. 484c, al.; ἡ φ. κτῆσις ἐπιστήμης Euthd. 288d; defined as ἄσκησις ἐπιτηδείου τέχνης, Stoic. in Placit. 1 Prooem. 2. 2. systematic, methodical treatment of a subject, ἐμπειρίᾳ μέτιθι καὶ φιλοσοφίᾳ 2.35; ἡ περὶ τὰς ἔριδας φ. scientific treatment of argumentation, 10.6; ἡ περὶ τοὺς λόγους φ. the study of oratory, 4.10: pl., οἱ ἐν ταῖς φ. πολὺν χρόνον διατρίψαντες Tht. 172c; τέχναι καὶ φ. 10.67. 3. philosophy, 11.22, Def. 414b, etc.; ἱστορία φ. ἐστὶν ἐκ παραδειγμάτων Rh. 11.2:— usu. prefixes the Art., 2.51, 5.84, 7.45 (but cf. 2.35 supr.); sts. also in and , as Grg. 482a, Metaph. 993b20, EN 1177a25, and so later, διὰ τῆς φ. καὶ κενῆς ἀπάτης Ep.Col. 2.8; but more freq. without Art., τοῖς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ ζῶσιν Phd. 68c, al., cf. Pol. 1341b28, al. (cf. Πλάτων καὶ φ. 2.176d); exc. when an Adj. or some qualifying word is added to ἡ θεία φ. Phdr. 239b; ἐκείνου τῇ φ. Ly. 213d; ἡ περὶ τὰ ἀνθρώπεια φ. EN 1181b15; ἡ τῶν Ἰταλικῶν φ. Metaph. 987a31 (and pl., αἱ εἰρημέναι φ. ib.29); so later ἡ Ἰωνικὴ φ. 1.122; ἡ δογματική, Ἀκαδημαϊκή, σκεπτικὴ φ. P. 1.4, etc.; ὁ Ἐμπεδοκλῆς ἐν ἀρχῇ τῆς φ. 2.607c, etc.; esp. ἡ πρώτη φ. metaphysic, Metaph. 1026a24, cf. 18.
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