philosopher

[Phi*losĀ·o*pher]

A philosopher is someone engaged in the study of philosophy. Have you ever wondered about the meaning of life? This is the type of weighty question a philosopher tackles.

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One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.

Noun
a specialist in philosophy

Noun
a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity


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.


Philosopher

Phi*los"o*pher , n. [OE. philosophre, F. philosophe, L. philosophus, Gr. ; loving + wise. Cf. Philosophy.] 1. One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.
Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him.
2. 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. 3. An alchemist. [Obs.] Chaucer. Philosopher's stone, an imaginary stone which the alchemists formerly sought as instrument of converting the baser metals into gold.

One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.

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Usage Examples

I do not know what the spirit of a philosopher could more wish to be than a good dancer. For the dance is his ideal, also his fine art, finally also the only kind of piety he knows, his 'divine service.'

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher.

The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is fixed while the future is open.

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher.

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

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Other Usage Examples

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further simplified and purified by the early philosophers of ancient China. Our first great philosopher was a founder of naturalism and our second great philosopher was an agnostic.

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.

To make the moral achievement implicit in science a source of strength to civilization, the scientist will have to have the cooperation also of the philosopher and the religious teacher.

To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.

To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

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