Editing Classics (section)

===Philosophy===
{{Main|Ancient philosophy}}
The English word ''[[philosophy]]'' comes from the Greek word φιλοσοφία, meaning "love of wisdom", probably coined by Pythagoras. Along with the word itself, the discipline of philosophy as we know it today has its roots in [[Ancient Greek philosophy|ancient Greek thought]], and according to Martin West "philosophy as we understand it is a Greek creation".<ref>{{harvnb|West|2001|p=140}}</ref> Ancient philosophy was traditionally divided into three branches: logic, physics, and ethics.<ref name="Mann 1996 178">{{harvnb|Mann|1996|p=178}}</ref> However, not all of the works of ancient philosophers fit neatly into one of these three branches. For instance, Aristotle's ''Rhetoric'' and ''Poetics'' have been traditionally classified in the West as "ethics", but in the Arabic world were grouped with logic; in reality, they do not fit neatly into either category.<ref name="Mann 1996 178"/>

From the last decade of the eighteenth century, scholars of ancient philosophy began to study the discipline historically.<ref>{{harvnb|Mann|1996|p=180}}</ref> Previously, works on ancient philosophy had been unconcerned with chronological sequence and with reconstructing the reasoning of ancient thinkers; with what Wolfgang-Ranier Mann calls "New Philosophy", this changed.<ref>{{harvnb|Mann|1996|pp=180–81}}</ref>