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 freedom of the philosopher consists in either moving freely from topic to topic or simply spending years returning to the same topic out of perplexity, fascination and curiosity. By contrast, we might say, the philosopher is the person who has time or who takes time.