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1. n. derivation: from Latin philosophia; Greek philosophia, from Greek philosophos, from philos, (loving), and sophos, (wise). Originally, love of wisdom and knowledge. A study of the process governing thought and conduct; theory or investigation of the principles or laws that regulate the physical universe and underlie all knowledge and reality; included in the study are aesthetics, ethics, logic, metaphysics, etc. The general principles or laws of a field of knowledge, activity, etc.; as the philosophy of economics. (a) a particular system of principles for the conduct of life; (b) a treatise covering such a system. A study of human morals, character and behavior. The mental balance believed to result from this; calmness; composure. (BPL 6 Mar 69)

2. the pursuit of knowledge. The knowledge of the causes and laws of all things. (SPB, p. 1)

3. a love or pursuit of wisdom or a search for the underlying causes and principles of reality. (Ron's Jour 68)