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|Definition=[[φιλοσοφέω]], [[φιλοσοφῶ]] pf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> πεφιλοσόφηκα X.Cyr.6.1.41, D.48.49:—[[love knowledge]], [[pursue knowledge]], φιλοσοφέων γῆν πολλὴν . . ἐπελήλυθας (''[[sc.]]'' Solon) Hdt. 1.30; [[φιλοκαλοῦμέν τε γὰρ μετ' εὐτελείας καὶ φιλοσοφοῦμεν ἄνευ μαλακίας]] = our [[love]] of what is [[beautiful]] does not lead to extravagance / our love of the things of the [[mind]] does not makes us [[soft]] Th.2.40; φιλοσοφήσετε καὶ σκέψεσθε τί . . Isoc.8.116, cf. 12.236; θεῶν οὐδεὶς φιλοσοφεῖ οὐδ' ἐπιθυμεῖ σοφὸς γενέσθαι, ἔστι γάρ Pl.Smp.204a; [[ὑπέλαβον φιλοσοφοῦντά με δεῖν ζῆν]] = to [[spend]] my [[life]] in [[philosophy]], says [[Socrates]], Id.Ap.28e; [[τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν]] = to be [[Lacedaemonian]] is much more to [[love]] [[wisdom]] than to [[love]] [[gymnastics]], Pl. ''Prt.'' 342e6; φιλοσοφέω περὶ τῆς [[ἀλήθεια|ἀληθείας]] Arist.Metaph.983b2; περὶ τοὺς ποιητάς Isoc.15.45, cf. Arist.Pol.1279b13; ὑπέρ τινος Luc. Am.31; διὰ τὸ [[θαυμάζειν]] οἱ ἄνθρωποι . . ἤρξαντο [[φιλοσοφεῖν]] Arist.Metaph.982b12; [[φιλοσοφεῖν]] λέγεται καὶ τὸ [[ζητεῖν]] . . εἴτε χρὴ [[φιλοσοφεῖν]] εἴτε καὶ μή Id.Fr.51; φιλοσοφήσωσι [[γνησίως]] τε καὶ [[ἱκανῶς]] Pl.R.473d; [[ἀδόλως]] Id.Phdr. 249a; [[καθαρῶς]] τε καὶ [[δικαίως]] Id.Sph.253e; [[ὀρθῶς]] Id.Phd.67e; [[ὑγιῶς]] Id.R.619d.<br><span class="bld">b</span> in bad sense, [[quibble]], περί τινος Lys.8.11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[teach philosophy]], οἱ παιδεύοντες καὶ φιλοσοφοῦντες Isoc.3.9, cf. Plu. 2.192a; [[νουθετεῖς καὶ φιλοσοφεῖς]] = [[you are lecturing me]], ib.69b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lead a well regulated life]], Gal.5.462.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., [[discuss]], [[investigate]], [[study]], [[μελετᾶν καὶ φιλοσοφεῖν]] τι = [[practice]] and [[study]] Isoc.8.5; [[φιλοσοφεῖν]] φιλοσοφίαν δι' ἧς . . [[pursue]] a philosophy... X.Mem.4.2.23; Euthyde- 6 [[φιλοσοφίαν καινὴν γὰρ οὗτος φιλοσοφεῖ]] = [[this man adopts a new philosophy]] (''[[sc.]]'' Zeno) Philem.85; τὴν πολιτικὴν φ. Arist.EN1152b2; πρὸς τὴν ὀλιγοσιτίαν πολλὰ πεφιλοσόφηκεν ὁ [[νομοθέτης]] Id.Pol.1272a22; φ. τὰ Στωικά S.E.P. 1.235; τὰ τοῦ βίου [[πράγμα]]τα D.H.Rh.11.2; [[treat scientifically]], [[θαλάσσα]]ς Philostr.VA4.24; metaph., φ. ἡ γραφὴ τὰ τῶν μύθων [[σώμα]]τα = [[painting]] [[represent]]s [[truly]], Philostr.Im.1.3:—Pass., to [[be examined scientifically]], Plu.Caes.59; [[τὰ φιλοσοφούμενα]] = [[subjects of speculation]], Cic.Fam.11.27.5, Philostr.VS1 Prooem., D.L.4.49.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[study]], [[work]] at a thing, φιλοσοφέω λόγον Isoc.4.6; ὅσοι φιλοσοφοῦντες ἐκμοχθοῦσί τι Trag.Adesp.522.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[devise ingeniously]], [[contrive]], φιλοσοφέω τοῦτο, [[ὅπως]] . . Lys.24.10, Isoc.15.121, Men.242; οὕτω πεφιλοσόφηκεν ὥστε . . D. l. c.