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).
A philosopher, in a wider sense, is someone who studies philosophy. The word philosopher comes from the Ancient Greek ÏÎ¹Î»ÏÏÎ¿ÏÎ¿Ï (philosophos), which means lover of wisdom.n the classical sense, a philosopher is someone who lives according to a way of life, whose focus is upon resolving existential questions about the human condition, and not someone who discourses upon theories or comments upon authors.