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Definition of philosophers - 2 dictionary results
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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