system
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human
Not a philosophical question per se, but are there any articles that deal with the question of why wisdom in the Classical world is feminine? Why is it Lady Philosophy? Why Athena goddess of wisdom?
gpt
You can do all sorts of etymologizizing metaphysics, but the only truly philological explanation is going to be the fact that the word σοφία (*sophia*, wisdom) or sapientia (same) are feminine. The same sort of matter-of-fact explanation holds in other contexts. Why is it the god*dess '*Roma'? The word *Roma* is feminine. Etc.