{"id":17904,"count":2,"description":"A philomath (pronounced \/\u02c8f\u026al\u0275m\u00e6\u03b8\/) is a lover of learning, from Greek philos (\"beloved,\" \"loving,\" as in philosophy or philanthropy) + Greek manthanein, math- (\"to learn,\" as in polymath). It is similar to but distinguished from philosophy in that \"soph,\" the latter suffix, specifies \"wisdom\" or \"knowledge.\"\n\"Philomath\" is not synonymous with \"polymath.\" A philomath is a seeker of knowledge and facts, while a polymath is a possessor of knowledge in multiple fields.\nThe shift in meaning for \"mathema\" is likely a result of the rapid categorization during the time of Plato and Aristotle of their \"mathemata\" in terms of education: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music (the Quadrivium), which the Greeks found to create a \"natural grouping\" of mathematical (in our modern usage; \"doctrina mathematica\" for theirs) precepts.\nAdditional terms: philomathy, the practice of a love of learning or letters. ","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/philomath\/","name":"Philomath","slug":"philomath","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/17904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=17904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}