Step 1. Find out where you stand. You need to know how much your benefits will be and when, exactly, you'll reach what the Social Security Administration (SSA) considers full retirement age, the age at which you can receive those benefits without penalty. Your benefits are based on your lifetime earnings.
Word Origin and History for philosopher Expand. n. from Old English philosophe, from Latin philosophus philosopher, from Greek philosophos philosopher, sage, one who speculates on the nature of things and truth, literally lover of wisdom, from philos loving (see -phile) + sophos wise, a sage (see sophist).
The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless. 1  There are as many definitions of philosophy as there are philosophers â perhaps there are even more. 2  As Alfred North Whitehead said, philosophy is a series of footnotes to Plato.