What does philosophize mean?
Definitions for philosophize
fɪˈlɒs əˌfaɪzphi·los·o·phize
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Princeton's WordNet
philosophize, philosophiseverb
reason philosophically
Wiktionary
philosophizeverb
To philosophically ponder or reason out.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Philosophizeverb
To play the philosopher; to reason like a philosopher; to moralize; to enquire into the causes of effects.
Etymology: from philosophy.
Qualities, that were occult to Aristotle , must be so to us; and we must not philosophize beyond sympathy and antipathy. Joseph Glanvill, Scept.
The wax philosophized upon the matter, and finding out at last that it was burning, made the brick so hard, cast itself into the fire. Roger L'Estrange.
Two doctors of the schools were philosophizing upon the advantages of mankind above all other creatures. Roger L'Estrange.
Some of our philosophizing divines have too much exalted the faculties of our souls, when they have maintained, that by their force mankind has been able to find out God. Dryd.
Webster Dictionary
Philosophizeverb
to reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence
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The numerical value of philosophize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of philosophize in a Sentence
To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe.
How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the human consciousness, may be judged from the fact that, despite the ephemeral brevity of human life, the uncertainty of our existence and the countless enigmas which press upon us from all sides, everyone does not continually and ceaselessly philosophize, but that only the rarest of exceptions do.
To philosophize is nothing else than to prepare oneself for death.
Philosophize means ‘feel-loss-of-eyes’ because with open eyes you see only illusions and when you shut them and internalize, you understand the truth, the whole picture and the philosophy of all. Withdraw all your senses and internalize, let there be inner wakefulness, and MickeyMize.
To philosophize is to doubt.
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- filozofovatCzech
- philosophierenGerman
- φιλοσοφώGreek
- filozofiEsperanto
- филозофираMacedonian
- filosofarPortuguese
- தத்துவம்Tamil
- filosopönVolapük
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