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Philosophy (IPA: /fəˈɫɑsəfi/)

Philosophy (n.)

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.

Philosophy (n.)

A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.

Philosophy (n.)

Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.

Philosophy (n.)

Reasoning; argumentation.

Philosophy (n.)

The course of sciences read in the schools.

Philosophy (n.)

A treatise on philosophy.

Philosophy

Intellectual and/or logical study of general and fundamental problems

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Philosophy Synonyms

Doctrine, Philosophical System, School Of Thought, Ism

Philosophy Rhymes

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Spanish Translation

Philosophy in Spanish is Filosofía

Tagalog Translation

Philosophy in Tagalog is Pilosopia

Example Sentence (Quote) " "the Linux philosophy is laugh in the face of danger . Oops. Wrong one. Do it yourself . That's it." - Linus Torvalds

Example Sentence (Quote) " (Philosophy is)" - Philosophy

Example Sentence (Quote) " [Philosophers] are not honest enough in their work, although they make a lot of virtuous noise when the problem of truthfulness is touched even remotely. They all pose as if they had discovered and reached their real opinions through the self-development of a cold, pure, divinely unconcerned dialectic...; while at bottom it is an assumption, a hunch, indeed a kind of inspiration""”most often a desire of the heart that has been filtered and made abstract"”that they defend with reasons they have sought after the fact." - Philosophy

Example Sentence (Quote) "A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject." - Philosophy

Example Sentence (Quote) "A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." - Religiousness

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