# Preamble >The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on. Samuel Taylor Coleridge ### Philosophy https://i.imgsafe.org/c3f7551db6.jpg In a time, WHENPEOPLEWROTELIKETHIS, because they had only capital letters and no further semantic symbols, the word **φιλοσοφία** was in use. **φιλο** spelled in latin letters: PHILO **σοφία** spelled in latin: SOPHIA Old Greek had an advanced **Alphabet** at that time. In Old Hebrew they had no vowels and would have only spelled **FLSF**, if they had used latin letters. The vowels allowed more entropy and ideas could be encrypted in shorter bytes. **FLOSF** transports much more information than **FLSF**. The O bewteen FL and SF marks, that these two words combine into a new word. They had no empty spaces like I use right now, so words were separated by default. Other combinations of vowels and consonants at the end of a word could change it's meaning, number or sex. **PHIL O SOPHIA** Translates to modern English as **'Love of Wisdom'** **'O'** and **'of'** remarkably similar, even phonetically. A recombination into **'Wisdom of Love'** would create a whole new sense - **SOPHIOPHIL** would be a whole different concept. In a time, when people had less words and explanations, than we do now, they often 'personified' natural phenomena. The Old Greeks did this with a lot of words. What they couldn't explain and verify physically, they metaphorized. **SOPHIA** Is a Metaphor, a **female** Personification. **σοφία**, combines skill, cleverness, sound judgement and higher knowledge into **one single, female character.** https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%AF%CE%B1 The plural **σοφίες** 'Wisdoms' was used in an **ironic way only.** It means 'stupid, unrelevant' To explain and to promote the character of SOPHIA is the purpose of this introduction. Have a great day !
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This is one of my favorite things in language, and the only reason I'm happy I studied ancient Greek for a year and a half. I always think about philosophy as a love of wisdom now. Thanks for this post to help spread the knowledge further :)
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Imagine, how glad I am to have studied English :)
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that is exactly what it means in greeks btw. :)
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Hi, ich wuerde mich freuen wenn Du an einer Umfrage der deutschen Community teilnehmen koenntest. Danke! https://steemit.com/deutsch/@elyaque/zu-welcher-uhrzeit-seit-ihr-in-steemit-aktiv
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ich finde das unfreundlich. könntest wenigstens voten.
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I love etymology (another word you could work over :D ), and watching how slowly language evolves or devolves into meaningless/full words.
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