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philosophy

philo-
loving
+
sophia
wisdom
loving wisdom
You love wisdom because you don't yet own it — the combining form is ‘loving’, not ‘having’. The word admits the chase is the whole point. Pythagoras and Plato used it exactly so: not a wise man, a lover of wisdom.
source · Greek philosophía = philo- ‘loving’ + sophia ‘wisdom’ — etymonline.com/word/philosophy

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