Philosophic
[,fɪlə'sɒfɪk] or [,fɪlə'sɑfɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to philosophy or philosophers; 'philosophical writing'; 'a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology' .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Philosophical
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of philosophy.
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Examples
- The second book begins with an account of different philosophic al views concerning the origin of matter, and a discussion of the earliest dwellings of man. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But the thinker, the man who devotes himself to scientific inquiry and philosophic speculation, works, so to speak, in reason, not simply by *. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Education is the laboratory in which philosophic distinctions become concrete and are tested. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Yet many of the philosophic schools of method which have been mentioned transform the ignoring into a virtual denial. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She had always accepted with philosophic calm the fact that such existences as hers were pedestalled on foundations of obscure humanity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Then a soul which forgets cannot be ranked among genuine philosophic natures; we must insist that the philosopher should have a good memory? Plato. The Republic.
- It should be obvious that this philosophic movement misconceived the significance of the practical movement. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For philosophic theory has no Aladdin's lamp to summon into immediate existence the values which it intellectually constructs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Davy’s note-books are most interesting reading and show the philosophic trend of his thoughts. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- During his days in prison he busied himself in penning his philosophic, religious, and artistic meditations, as many other illustrious prisoners have done. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Within the sphere of philosophic thought there have been two typical attempts to provide a working representative of the absolute goal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Edison and Faust are indeed the extremes of philosophic thought and accomplishment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When Mr. Bennet arrived, he had all the appearance of his usual philosophic composure. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- At the present time the conflict of philosophic theories focuses in discussion of the proper place and function of vocational factors in education. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In short, practical individualism, or struggle for greater freedom of thought in action, was translated into philosophic subjectivism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A remote goal of complete unfoldedness is, in technical philosophic language, transcendental. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- By the modern philosophic empiricist and by his opponent, experience has been looked upon just as a way of knowing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Then I shall come home and teach drawing for my living, replied the aspirant for fame, with philosophic composure. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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