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1. (n.) philosophy
the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
2. philosophy
a system of philosophical doctrine:
the philosophy of Spinoza.
3. philosophy
the critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge:
the philosophy of science.
4. philosophy
a system of principles for guidance in practical affairs:
a philosophy of life.
5. philosophy
a calm or philosophical attitude.
zoophilous.
Etymology: (< L -philus < Gk -philos. See -phile , -ous)
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| Definition of 'philosophy' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
2. (noun) philosophy
the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
3. (noun) philosophy
any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation
"self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"
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1. (noun) philosophy
the study of important basic ideas such as existence, truth, and freedom
a professor of philosophy; Native American philosophies
2. philosophy
sb's way of thinking
his philosophy about making money; Our philosophies of life are very similar.
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| Definition of 'philosophy' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) philosophy
literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws
2. (noun) philosophy
a particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained
3. (noun) philosophy
practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy
4. (noun) philosophy
reasoning; argumentation
5. (noun) philosophy
the course of sciences read in the schools
6. (noun) philosophy
a treatise on philosophy
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| Definitions of 'philosophy' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. philosophy
the science of sciences or of things in general, properly an attempt to find the absolute in the contingent, the immutable in the mutable, the universal in the particular, the eternal in the temporal, the real in the phenomenal, the ideal in the real, or in other words, to discover "the single principle that," as Dr. Stirling says, "possesses within itself the capability of transition into all existent variety and varieties," which it presupposes can be done not by induction from the transient, but by deduction from the permanent as that spiritually reveals itself in the creating mind, so that a Philosopher is a man who has, as Carlyle says, quoting Goethe, "stationed himself in the middle (between the outer and the inner, the upper and the lower), to whom the Highest has descended and the Lowest mounted up, who is the equal and kindly brother of all." "Philosophy dwells aloft in the Temple of Science, the divinity of the inmost shrine; her dictates descend among men, but she herself descends not; whoso would behold her must climb with long and laborious effort; may still linger in the forecourt till manifold trial have proved him worthy of admission into the interior solemnities." Indeed philosophy is more than science (q. v.); it is a divine wisdom instilled into and inspiring a thinker's life. See Thinker, The.
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| Definitions of 'philosophy' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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philosophy
Our highest conception of life, its duties and its destinies.
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| Definition of 'philosophy' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. philosophy
A love or pursuit of wisdom. A search for the underlying causes and principles of reality. (Webster, 3d ed)
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Sense: the search for knowledge and truth, especially about the nature of man and his behaviour and beliefs
moral philosophy.
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 Afrikaans: filosofie |
 Arabic: فَلْسَفَه |
 Bulgarian: философия |
 Brazilian: filosofia |
 Czech: filozofie |
 German: die Philosophie |
 Danish: filosofi |
 Greek: φιλοσοφία |
 Spanish: filosofía |
 Estonian: filosoofia |
 Farsi: فلسفه |
 Finnish: filosofia |
 French: philosophie |
 Hebrew: פִילוֹסוֹפיָה |
 Hindi: दर्शन |
 Croatian: filozofija |
 Hungarian: filozófia |
 Indonesian: filsafat |
 Icelandic: heimspeki |
 Italian: filosofia |
 Japanese: 哲学 |
 Korean: 철학 |
 Lithuanian: filosofija |
 Latvian: filozofija |
 Malay: falsafah |
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 Persian: فلسفه |
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 Swedish: filosofi |
 Thai: การแสวงหาความรู้และความจร |
 Turkish: felsefe |
 Taiwanese: 哲學 |
 Ukrainian: філософія |
 Urdu: فلسفہ |
 Vietnamese: triết lý |
 Chinese: 哲学 |
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