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sap-

PIE base ‘to taste, become aware’. See also *gnō- ‘to know’; *weid- ‘to see, know’, root of vision; *wer-³ ‘to perceive, watch out for’, root of aware and theory; and *spek- ‘to observe’, root of species and specialist.

Other derivatives include sapient, savant, savour, insipid, and Homo sapiens ‘wise human’, from Latin sapere ‘to taste, have a flavour; to discern, be sensible, be wise, think’, root of French savoir ‘to know’.

[Pokorny *sap-, sab-, p. 880.]

sage

In the 1980s, Renée Weber wrote a book titled Dialogues with Scientists and Sages: The Search for Unity, illustrating the distinction between those seeking truth by looking outwards and inwards, respectively. In her own search for the unification of philosophy, science, and mysticism, Renée interviewed four leading figures on either side of the great divide.