philosophic
- adjective
- /ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪk/
- The debate involved several major philosophic ideas about existence and knowledge.
- philosophic life
- philosophic background
- philosophic ground
But I believe that dance, like all of the arts, is a philosophic practice.
- But I believe that dance, like all of the arts, is a philosophic practice.
- According to some schools of philosophic thought, it is man's nature to work, but we also have material needs that must be addressed.
- Why not another philosophic philosophical specialty?
Examples
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According to some schools of philosophic thought, it is man's nature to work, but we also have material needs that must be addressed.
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Philosophy was now separated from natural science, and the philosophic life was no longer seen as the best life.
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But I believe that dance, like all of the arts, is a philosophic practice.
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The letter turns out to be a comparison of Christian with ancient philosophic ethics.
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Liberal politics are founded on philosophic opinion as any other political regime.
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I mean, the duty of the philosophic mind is to rise above the personal and contemplate the universal, right?
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"Curious, is it not?" Dickens struck a philosophic note.
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Most technologists I know are not trained with the philosophic disciplines to be able to have a serious ethical argument.
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The question is, why does Socrates regard philosophic kingship as required for Callipolis for the just City?
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What the Bhagavad Gita does is defend certain dogmas of religion on philosophic grounds.
Blog text (23)
Synonyms
Relating to basic ideas about knowledge, reality, and being
Surface Forms
Morphology
philosophic = philosophy (transparent) = philosoph + ic
A standard adjective formed from 'philosophy' with '-ic' and directly meaning 'relating to philosophy'.
Etymology
Philosophic comes from Greek roots philo- 'love' and sophia 'wisdom', as in philosophy ('love of wisdom'). So something philosophic is about careful thinking on big questions of knowledge, life, or reality.