Philosopher
11PHILOSOPHER — v. n. Traiter des matières de philosophie. La manière de philosopher des péripatéticiens, des stoïciens. Socrate n aimait à philosopher que sur les moeurs. Il signifie encore, Raisonner, discourir sur diverses matières de morale ou de physique …
12PHILOSOPHER — v. intr. Traiter des matières de philosophie. La manière de philosopher des péripatéticiens, des stoïciens. Socrate n’aimait à philosopher que sur les moeurs. Il signifie encore Raisonner, discourir sur diverses matières de morale ou de physique …
13philosopher — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ distinguished, eminent, famous, great, important, leading, prominent ▪ the great philosophers of ancient Greece ▪ …
14philosopher — [[t]fɪlɒ̱səfə(r)[/t]] philosophers 1) N COUNT A philosopher is a person who studies or writes about philosophy. ...the Greek philosopher Plato. 2) N COUNT If you refer to someone as a philosopher, you mean that they think deeply and seriously… …
15philosopher */ — UK [fɪˈlɒsəfə(r)] / US [fɪˈlɑsəfər] noun [countable] Word forms philosopher : singular philosopher plural philosophers someone who studies and tries to explain the meaning of things such as life, knowledge, or beliefs moral philosophers a… …
16philosopher — philosophership, n. /fi los euh feuhr/, n. 1. a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields. 2. a person who is deeply versed in philosophy. 3. a person who establishes the… …
17philosopher — phi|los|o|pher [ fı lasəfər ] noun count * someone who studies and tries to explain the meaning of things such as life, knowledge, or beliefs: moral philosophers a philosopher of science …
18philosopher — noun when I was young, I failed to appreciate what an insightful philosopher my father was Syn: thinker, theorist, theorizer, theoretician, metaphysicist, metaphysician; scholar, intellectual, sage, wise man …
19philosopher — n. 1 a person engaged or learned in philosophy or a branch of it. 2 a person who lives by philosophy. 3 a person who shows philosophic calmness in trying circumstances. Phrases and idioms: philosophers (or philosopher s) stone the supreme object… …
20Philosopher king — Philosopher kings are the hypothetical rulers, or Guardians, of Plato s Utopian Kallipolis. If his ideal city state is to ever come into being, philosophers [must] become kings…or those now called kings [must] …genuinely and adequately… …
