Editing Talk:Philomath (section)

== What, more specifically, is a lover of learning? ==
So what are the characteristics of a lover of learning? I came to this page hoping to delve into this concept more. I wondered "does a lover of learning love to interact with all subject material? Can a lover of learning dislike learning about some things or think that some things are boring and therefore not be interested in them, or would this disqualify them as a lover of learning?"  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/87.221.139.235|87.221.139.235]] ([[User talk:87.221.139.235|talk]]) 11:33, 23 May 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP. --> <!-- Autosigned by SineBot. -->

:I would assume. I'm a philomath, except when it comes to math itself. [[Special:Contributions/76.18.160.47|76.18.160.47]] ([[User talk:76.18.160.47|talk]]) 20:56, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

:I concur with the above user. I believe "love of learning", or philomathy, is the trait of loving the ''process'' of learning, and not (just) ''that which is learned''. Thus, I would assume that philomathy is someone who loves to learn, but this does not have to imply the love of learning ''everything'' or someone who ''wants'' to learn everything, which one could perhaps describe of as (newly contrived neologisms alert!) ''philomnimathy'' or maybe ''philomniscience''. –[[User:Nøkkenbuer|Nøkkenbuer]] ([[User talk:Nøkkenbuer|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Nøkkenbuer|contribs]]) 11:28, 23 March 2015 (UTC)