Calling philosophers names : on the origin of a discipline / Christopher Moore.

This work provides a fresh account of the origins of the term philosophos or 'philosopher' in ancient Greece. Tracing the evolution of the word's meaning over its first two centuries, the text shows how it first referred to aspiring political sages and advice-givers, then to avid conv...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via University Press Scholarship Online)
Main Author:	Moore, Christopher, 1981- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.
Series:	Princeton scholarship online.
Subjects:	Philosophy, Ancient > History. Philosophers, Ancient.