Philosophia, love of wisdom, was for Pythagoras, Socrates and Plato the pursuit of wisdom by one who does not yet possess it. In the ancient schools it was a way of life with practices for transforming the self. Many of the world’s contemplative traditions are philosophies in this sense.
Philosophy
The love of wisdom: in its ancient sense, a way of life oriented to truth and the good, not only a discipline of argument.