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( "Philo -" comes from the Greek word philein, meaning to love, and "- sophy" comes from the sophia, or wisdom.)
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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( "Philo -" comes from the Greek word philein, meaning to love, and "- sophy" comes from the sophia, or wisdom.)
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The whole passage, involving a play on the words philein phileisthai, “where kisses rain without, love reigns within,” is probably to be regarded as a gloss.
Symposium 2007
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"[Greek: Chrê xeiuon pareonta philein, ethelonta de pempein.]"
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Various
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According to its etymology, the word "philosophy" (philosophia, from philein, to love, and sophia, wisdom) means "the love of wisdom".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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[Greek: esti d 'ouch ho logos tou rhêtoros, Aischinê, timion, oud' ho tonos tês phônês, alla to tauta proaireisthai tois pollois, kai to tous autous misein kai philein, housper an hê patris.]
Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography George William Erskine Russell 1886
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The whole passage, involving a play on the words {philein phileisthai}, "where kisses rain without, love reigns within," is probably to be regarded as a gloss.
The Symposium 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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[32] Reading {e men pisteuein soi phusei (nomizein) philein tauta pantas ...}; and for the "belief" propounded with so much humorous emphasis, see Adam Smith, "Moral Sentiments."
The Economist 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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[103] ... ei gar pistos ei hōs einai chrē kai phileis ton Christon hōs philein dei, ou chreian echeis tōn sēmeiōn; tauta gar apistois dedotai. —
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* ... ei gar pistos ei hōs einai chrē kai phileis ton Christon hōs philein dei, ou chreian echeis tōn sēmeiōn; tauta gar apistois dedotai.
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