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11philosophers — phi·los·o·pher || fɪ lÉ‘sÉ™fÉ™(r) / lÉ’ n. one who philosophizes; one who studies the principles of existence behavior and knowledge …
12philosophers' stone — stone that geniuses of alchemy supposed would change simple metals into gold …
13philosophers' stone — philos′ophers (or philos′opher s) stone n. a substance sought by alchemists that would be capable of transmuting baser metals into gold or silver and of prolonging life • Etymology: 1350–1400 …
14philosophers' stone — noun hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold • Syn: ↑philosopher s stone, ↑elixir • Hypernyms: ↑substance …
15philosophers' wool — noun oxide of zinc; a white powder used as a pigment or in cosmetics or glass or inks and in zinc ointment • Syn: ↑zinc oxide, ↑flowers of zinc, ↑philosopher s wool • Hypernyms: ↑oxide • Substance Holonyms: ↑zinc white, ↑ …
16philosophers' oil — noun : a remedy described in old pharmacopoeias and consisting of linseed oil and powdered brick …
17Dining philosophers problem — In computer science, the dining philosophers problem is an example problem often used in concurrent algorithm design to illustrate synchronization issues and techniques for resolving them. It was originally formulated in 1965 by Edsger Dijkstra… …
18Lists of philosophers — The alphabetical list of philosophers is so large it had to be broken up into several pages. To look up a philosopher you know the name of, click on the first letter of his or her last name. To find philosophers by ethnicity, subject, or time… …
19The Incoherence of the Philosophers — ( Tahāfut al Falāsifaʰ ) in Arabic (تهافت الفلاسفة) is the title of a landmark 11th century polemic in Islamic philosophy by the Sufi sympathetic Imam al Ghazali of the Asharite school against Avicennism. cite encyclopedia|last= |first= |… …
20Timeline of Eastern philosophers — This is a wide ranging list of philosophers from the Eastern traditions of philosophy, with special interest in Indo Chinese philosophy. The list stops at the year 1950, after which philosophers fall into the category of Contemporary philosophy.… …
