The Birth of Erosophy

In which the author swears off philosophilia

I, am a recovering philosophiliac. The first step to recovery, they tell me, is admitting it.

So here I am.

Ecce homo.

Ecce philosophiac.

Inevitably, with the death of one identity, comes the birth of another. Where better to start than with an etymology that got off on the wrong foot. Philo-, as many of you will know, was one of the Ancient Greeks’ many wo…