φιλοσοφέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[φιλοσοφέω]], [[φιλοσοφῶ]] pf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πεφιλοσόφηκα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.41</span>, <span class="bibl">D.48.49</span>:—[[love knowledge]], [[pursue knowledge]], φιλοσοφέων γῆν πολλὴν . . ἐπελήλυθας (sc. Solon) <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.30</span>; φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας <span class="bibl">Th.2.40</span>; φιλοσοφήσετε καὶ σκέψεσθε τί . . <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.116</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">12.236</span>; θεῶν οὐδεὶς φιλοσοφεῖ οὐδ' ἐπιθυμεῖ σοφὸς γενέσθαι, ἔστι γάρ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>204a</span>; [[ὑπέλαβον φιλοσοφοῦντά με δεῖν ζῆν]], says Socrates, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ap.</span>28e</span>; φ. περὶ τῆς ἀληθείας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>983b2</span>; περὶ τοὺς ποιητάς <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.45</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1279b13</span>; ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Am.</span>31</span>; διὰ τὸ θαυμάζειν οἱ ἄνθρωποι . . ἤρξαντο φιλοσοφεῖν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>982b12</span>; φιλοσοφεῖν λέγεται καὶ τὸ ζητεῖν . . εἴτε χρὴ φιλοσοφεῖν εἴτε καὶ μή <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>51</span>; φ. γνησίως τε καὶ ἱκανῶς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>473d</span>; ἀδόλως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 249a</span>; καθαρῶς τε καὶ δικαίως <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>253e</span>; ὀρθῶς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>67e</span>; ὑγιῶς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>619d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> in bad sense, [[quibble]], περί τινος <span class="bibl">Lys.8.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[teach philosophy]], οἱ παιδεύοντες καὶ φιλοσοφοῦντες <span class="bibl">Isoc.3.9</span>, cf. Plu. 2.192a; [[νουθετεῖς καὶ φιλοσοφεῖς]] = [[you are lecturing me]], ib.69b. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[lead a well regulated life]], Gal.5.462. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., [[discuss]], [[investigate]], [[study]], [[μελετᾶν καὶ φιλοσοφεῖν]] τι = [[practice and study]] <span class="bibl">Isoc.8.5</span>; [[φιλοσοφεῖν φιλοσοφίαν δι' ἧς]] . . [[pursue]] a philosophy... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.23</span>; Euthyde- 6 [[φιλοσοφίαν καινὴν γὰρ οὗτος φιλοσοφεῖ]] = [[this man adopts a new philosophy]] (sc. Zeno) <span class="bibl">Philem.85</span>; τὴν πολιτικὴν φ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1152b2</span>; πρὸς τὴν ὀλιγοσιτίαν πολλὰ πεφιλοσόφηκεν ὁ νομοθέτης <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1272a22</span>; φ. τὰ Στωικά <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span> 1.235</span>; τὰ τοῦ βίου πράγματα <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>11.2</span>; [[treat scientifically]], θαλάσσας <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>4.24</span>; metaph., [[φ. ἡ γραφὴ τὰ τῶν μύθων σώματα]] painting [[represents truly]], <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>1.3</span>:—Pass., to [[be examined scientifically]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>59</span>; [[τὰ φιλοσοφούμενα]] = [[subjects of speculation]], <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Fam.</span>11.27.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VS</span>1</span> <span class="title">Prooem.</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.4.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[study]], [[work]] at a thing, φιλοσοφέω λόγον <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.6</span>; ὅσοι φιλοσοφοῦντες ἐκμοχθοῦσί τι <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>522. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[devise ingeniously]], [[contrive]], φιλοσοφέω τοῦτο, [[ὅπως]] . . <span class="bibl">Lys.24.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.121</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.242</span>; οὕτω πεφιλοσόφηκεν ὥστε . . D. l. c.</span>