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phi⋅los⋅o⋅pher
[fi-los-uh-fer] 
ə
–noun
| 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 central ideas of some movement, cult, etc. |
| 4. | a person who regulates his or her life, actions, judgments, utterances, etc., by the light of philosophy or reason. |
| 5. | a person who is rationally or sensibly calm, esp. under trying circumstances. |
| 6. | Obsolete. an alchemist or occult scientist. |
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| phi·los·o·pher (fĭ-lŏs'ə-fər) n.
[Middle English philosophre, from alteration of Old French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Greek philosophos, lover of wisdom, philosopher : philo-, philo- + sophiā, knowledge, learning.] |
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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. --Acts xvii. 18. 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.
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Language Translation for : philosopher
Spanish:
filósofo,
German:
der, *die Philosoph(in),
Japanese:
哲学者
philosopher
Someone who engages in philosophy. Some examples of philosophers are Aristotle, Immanuel Kant, and Plato.
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philosopher
O.E. philosophe, from L. philosophus, from Gk. philosophos "philosopher," lit. "lover of wisdom," from philos "loving" + sophos "wise, a sage."
"Pythagoras was the first who called himself philosophos, instead of sophos, 'wise man,' since this latter term was suggestive of immodesty." [Klein]Modern form with -r appears c.1325, from an Anglo-Fr. or O.Fr. variant of philosophe, with an agent-noun ending. Philosophy also was used of alchemy in Middle Ages, hence Philosophers' stone (c.1386, transl. M.L. lapis philosophorum, c.1130), a reputed solid substance supposed by alchemists to change baser metals into gold or silver; also identified with the elixir and thus given the attribute of prolonging life indefinitely and curing wounds and disease. (Fr. pierre philosophale, Ger. der Stein der Weisen).
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