Philosophize
[fɪ'lɒsəfaɪz] or [fə'lɑsəfaɪz]
Definition
(v. i.) To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence.
Checker: Rhonda
Examples
- To philosophize, theref ore, without proper science, is in vain; although it is not vain to pursue science, without proceed ing to philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We can celebrate the positively good things, we can live them, we can create them, but we cannot philosophize about them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Greeks were induced to philosophize by the increasing failure of their traditional customs and beliefs to regulate life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For every impulse is imperious, and, as _such_, attempts to philosophize. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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