Philosophy means "Love of Wisdom" or "Friend of Wisdom"

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Philosophy is the study of the general and fundamental nature of reality, existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind and language.^[1][2][3] The Ancient Greek word φιλοσοφία (philosophia) was probably coined by Pythagoras^[4] and literally means "love of wisdom" or "friend of wisdom."<sup>[5][6][7][8][9]

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