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   D to Ed Cryer   
   Re: Philosophy, ancient and modern   
   24 Jan 25 10:36:47   
   
   From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Thu, 23 Jan 2025, Ed Cryer wrote:   
      
   > The word is Greek; it means "love of wisdom".   
   > Ancient philosophers pursued knowledge and understanding. They included what   
   > we'd call "science", but over the ages such things have been stripped off and   
   > rebranded as the "empirical sciences". Philosophy is left with not much more   
   > than an inquiry into the very tools of understanding. Reason itself.   
   >   
   > Ed   
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