Calling Philosophers Names: On the Origin of a Discipline

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An original and provocative book that illuminates the origins of philosophy in ancient Greece by revealing the surprising early meanings of the word "philosopher" Calling Philosophers Names provides a groundbreaking account of the origins of the term philosophos or "philosopher" in ancient Greece. Tracing the evolution of the word's meaning over

Christopher Moore is associate professor of philosophy and classics at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Socrates and Self-Knowledge.

"This fascinating scholarly book is a breakthrough study about the origins of the term philosopher in Ancient Greece." * Paradigm Explorer * "What does a philosophos do and what is a philosophos anyway? Christopher Moore explores these questions in his intriguing book, examining the history of the word philosophos and considering the development of the discipline that came to be known as philosophia. . . . Moore's is a rich and stimulating study of an overlooked subject, and very welcome."---Patricia Curd, Journal of the History of Philosophy "Moore operates at the highest levels of honest philological precision: nothing is swept under the rug of abstraction, every case - indeed every single occurrence of the word group - is picked apart. Meticulous attention to textual evidence, one eye on the apparatus criticus, brightens each page. "---Richard P. Martin, Polis