What does 'philosophy' even mean? | PHILOSOPHICAL WORDS

About this episode

Jess and Rob explore the origins of philosophical terms and their impact on modern language.

Jess and Rob are digging into the origins of the words behind some of history’s biggest ideas – from stoicism and cynicism to logic, ethics, and metaphysics. Along the way, they trace how ancient Greek schools of thought shaped the language we still use to argue, reason, and disagree today. Enjoy this particularly pensive episode of Words Unravelled. 👕 OUR MERCH 👚 US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/ EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/ 👀 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/6pya-WuePwo

People in this episode

Hosts: Jess Zafarris, RobWords

Topics covered

• philosophy
• language origins
• Greek schools of thought
• stoicism
• cynicism
• ethics
• metaphysics

Keywords

• philosophy
• stoicism
• cynicism
• ethics
• metaphysics
• language
• Greek philosophy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Words Unravelled, stoicism, cynicism, logic, ethics, metaphysics

Places: Greece

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