Philosopher
[fɪ'lɒsəfə] or [fə'lɑsəfɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a specialist in philosophy.
(noun.) a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity.
Editor: Stephen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.
(n.) One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness.
(n.) An alchemist.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Searcher after truth, student of first principles, seeker of wisdom.[2]. Theorist, theorizer, man of abstractions, speculator.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Doctor, savant, teacher, master, schoolman
ANT:Ignoramus, sciolist, freshman, tyro, greenhorn, fool, booby, dunce
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Definition
n. a lover of wisdom: one versed in or devoted to philosophy: a metaphysician: one who acts calmly and rationally in all the affairs and changes of life—also Phil′osophe:—fem. Philos′ophess.—adjs. Philosoph′ic -al pertaining or according to philosophy: skilled in or given to philosophy: becoming a philosopher: rational: calm.—adv. Philosoph′ically.—v.i. Philos′ophise to reason like a philosopher: to form philosophical theories.—ns. Philos′ophiser a would-be philosopher; Philos′ophism would-be philosophy; Philos′ophist.—adjs. Philosophist′ic -al.—n. Philos′ophy the science of being as being: the knowledge of the causes and laws of all phenomena: the collection of general laws or principles belonging to any department of knowledge: reasoning: a particular philosophical system: calmness of temper.—Philosopher's stone an imaginary stone or mineral compound long sought after by alchemists as a means of transforming other metals into gold.—Moral and Natural philosophy (see Moral Natural).
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Unserious Contents or Definition
One who instead of crying over spilt milk consoles himself with the thought that it was over four-fifths water.
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Examples
- Still, a person may hesitate about the probability of the son of a king being a philosopher. Plato. The Republic.
- In the first place, as we began by observing, the nature of the philosopher has to be ascertained. Plato. The Republic.
- As a great modern philosopher has said, Aristotle press ed his way through the mass of things knowable, and subjected its diversity to the power of his thought. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- As a result he was soon after made First Mathematician of the University of Pisa, and also Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke’s Court of Florence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And the anti-Christian German philosopher, Nietzsche, found himself quite at one with the pious field-marshal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then, do you see any way in which the philosopher can be preserved in his calling to the end? Plato. The Republic.
- The philosopher himself has lost the love of truth, and the soldier, who is of a simpler and honester nature, rules in his stead. Plato. The Republic.
- The philosopher should not beg of mankind to be put in authority over them. Plato. The Republic.
- The trouble was that without realizing it I too had been in search of the philosopher's stone. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Sound philosopher,' said Mr. Pott. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- So that among the founders of our science, next to the name of the great French Philosopher, Lavoisier, will stand in future ages the name of John Dalton, of Manchester. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This constitution was chiefly the joint production of a worthy philosopher Sieyès, who was one of the three consuls, and Bonaparte. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Need I recall the original image of the philosopher? Plato. The Republic.
- Every one will admit that the philosopher, in our description of him, is a rare being. Plato. The Republic.
- She was a philosopher. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The human watchdogs must be philosophers or lovers of learning which will make them gentle. Plato. The Republic.
- It is only a hostile average-sensual-man background against which the philosophers and poets stand out. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And thus, Glaucon, after the argument has gone a weary way, the true and the false philosophers have at length appeared in view. Plato. The Republic.
- He was not a Plato or an Archimedes, but an efficient officer o f State, conscious of indebtedness to the great scientists and philosophers. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- A few men, philosophers or lovers of wisdom--or truth--may by study learn at least in outline the proper patterns of true existence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Philosophers begin to be reconciled to the principle, that we have no idea of external substance, distinct from the ideas of particular qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Some reg arded the great philosophers as the allies of the Church. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination, and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- May it not have been from such considerations that the ancient philosophers supposed a sphere of fire to exist above the air of our atmosphere? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Undoubtedly philosophers are in the right, when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Certainly nobody expects our politicians to become philosophers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This self-taught American, to quote from the Edinburgh Review of 1806, is the most rational, perhaps, of all philosophers. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- You cannot go to any of the great philosophers even for the outlines of a statecraft which shall be fairly complete, and relevant to American life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And the world if not a believer in the idea cannot be a philosopher, and must therefore be a persecutor of philosophers. Plato. The Republic.
- The Greek philosophers speak with the voice of reason. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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