philosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈlɒsəfi/
ipa: /fɪˈlɑsəfi/
note: Indic
ipa: /pʰɪˈlɔsəpʰi/
note: Indic
ipa: /pʰɪlo.sɔpʰi/
Forms: form: philosophies
form: philosophie
form: phylosophie
form: phylosophy
Etymology: From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, philo- + -sophy. Displaced Old English ūþwitegung.
Senses: examples: text: Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.
text: During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
ref: 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:
glosses: An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.
examples: text: a philosophy of government; a philosophy of education
glosses: A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
examples: text: As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.
ref: 2012, Francesca Valensise, From Building Fabric to City Form: Reconstruction in Calabria at end of Eighteenth Century, Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: A general principle (usually moral).
glosses: A comprehensive system of belief.
glosses: A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
qualifier: originally
glosses: The love of wisdom.
glosses: A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.
examples: text: Although I prefer small pica. Or as its^([sic]) sometimes known, philosophy.
– Small pica, or philosophy, she said. It sounds like the title of a novel. With a girl heroine.
ref: 2010, Thomas Wharton, Salamander, Emblem Editions, →ISBN:
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glosses: Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing).
synonyms: word: small pica
extra: especially in French printing
Synonyms: word: philosophy
Hypernyms: word: discipline
word: study
Coordinate terms: word: mathematics
word: science
Meronyms: word: metaphysics
word: ontology
word: epistemology
word: logic
word: ethics
word: aesthetics
word: axiology
word: hermeneutics
Derived terms: analytic philosophy
antiphilosophy
astrophilosophy
biophilosophy
continental philosophy
counterphilosophy
critical philosophy
cyberphilosophy
Doctor of Philosophy
ecophilosophy
ecosophy
ethnophilosophy
first philosophy
foolosophy
geophilosophy
metaphilosophy
moral philosophy
natural philosophy
nature philosophy
neurophilosophy
nonphilosophy
ordinary language philosophy
perennial philosophy
personal philosophy
philosophist
philosophize
philosophylike
philosophy of mind
philosophy of science
Philosothon
physiophilosophy
protophilosophy
pseudophilosophy
psychophilosophy
religiophilosophy
rosewater philosophy
social philosophy
sociophilosophy
speculative philosophy
synthetic philosophy
technophilosophy
theophilosophy
Unix philosophy
unphilosophy
Related terms: philologist
philology
philosopher
philosophic
philosophical
philosophically
philosophise
philosophize