philosophy
21philosophy — phi|los|o|phy W3 [fıˈlɔsəfi US ˈla: ] n plural philosophies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: philosophie, from Latin, from Greek, from philosophos philosopher , from phil ( PHILANDER) + sophia knowledge ] 1.) [U] the study of the nature… …
22philosophy — [[t]fɪlɒ̱səfi[/t]] ♦♦♦ philosophies 1) N UNCOUNT Philosophy is the study or creation of theories about basic things such as the nature of existence, knowledge, and thought, or about how people should live. He studied philosophy and psychology at… …
23philosophy */*/*/ — UK [fɪˈlɒsəfɪ] / US [fɪˈlɑsəfɪ] noun Word forms philosophy : singular philosophy plural philosophies 1) a) [uncountable] the study of theories about the meaning of things such as life, knowledge, and beliefs He studied politics and philosophy. a… …
24philosophy — 01. My [philosophy] in life is to have fun, and enjoy myself without doing anything to hurt the people around me. 02. Socrates once said, My advice to you is to get married: if you find a good wife you ll be happy; if not, you ll become a… …
25philosophy — phi|los|o|phy [ fı lasəfi ] noun *** 1. ) count a system of beliefs that influences someone s decisions and behavior: the latest philosophies of management The school has a child centred philosophy. a ) count a belief or attitude that someone… …
26philosophy — n 1. study of truth, natural philosophy, moral philosophy, metaphysical philosophy; metaphysics, Philos. aesthetics, epistemology, logic, logistic, symbolic logic, Aristotelian logic. 2. philosophical system, philosophical doctrine or teaching,… …
27philosophy — /fəˈlɒsəfi / (say fuh losuhfee) noun (plural philosophies) 1. the study or science of the truths or principles underlying all knowledge and being (or reality). 2. any one of the three branches (natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and… …
28philosophy — n. belief philosophy that + clause (it was her philosophy that people should help each other) * * * [fɪ lɒsəfɪ] [ belief] philosophy that + clause (it was her philosophy that people should help each other) …
29philosophy — As an intellectual activity, philosophy is the most broad ranging of the academic disciplines, since it addresses a wide range of interlinked questions about the nature of understanding, logic, language, and causality, many of which occur in the… …
30PHILOSOPHY — the love of WISDOM understood as the study and knowledge of things and their causes. Traditionally it was divided into metaphysics, moral and natural philosophy. Since the nineteenth century the word SCIENCE has replaced natural philosophy in… …
