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philosopher

noun
/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fə(ɹ)/UK/fəˈlɑsəfɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English philosophre, from Anglo-Norman or Middle French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, literally “lover of wisdom”) + -er. Credited as having been coined by Pythagoras to describe himself. Displaced native Old English ūþwita.

  1. derived from φιλόσοφος
  2. derived from philosophus
  3. derived from philosophe
  4. inherited from philosophre

Definitions

  1. A lover of wisdom.

  2. A student of philosophy.

  3. A scholar or expert engaged in or contributing to philosophical inquiry.

    • Their playwrights knew better. Scandal, murder, hair-rending and railing against the gods sold tickets. King is not a philosopher. He knows how to sell tickets.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A person who applies the principles of philosophy to the conduct of their life, as by…

      A person who applies the principles of philosophy to the conduct of their life, as by acting calmly and rationally in the face of inevitable change.

      • Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoikes, encountred him
      • This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

    2. A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches…

      A student, scholar, or expert in any branch of knowledge, especially those branches studied prior to being considered part of pure science.

    3. An alchemist.

      • Then thus conclude I, since that God of heaven Will not that these philosophers neven How that a man shall come unto this stone, I rede as for the best to let it gon.
      • No further progress was made in this science until the Mohammedan alchemists embarked upon their search for the philosopher's stone, the elixir of life, and a method of transmuting base metals into gold.

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Derived

analytic philosopher, antiphilosopher, biophilosopher, cyberphilosopher, ecophilosopher, ethnophilosopher, fire philosopher, foolosopher, geophilosopher, macaroni philosopher, metaphilosopher, natural philosopher, neurophilosopher, nonphilosopher, philosopher by fire, philosopheress, philosopher king, philosopher-king, philosopher of fire, philosopher's game, philosophership, philosopher's lamp, philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, philosopher's wool, philosophess, philosophress, pseudophilosopher, theophilosopher, unphilosopher

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at philosopher. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at philosopher. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at philosopher

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA