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philosophic

philosophic

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About the study of big ideas like knowledge, life, and what is real
  • adjective
  • /ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪk/
translation icon : filosófico
  • 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.

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Examples

  • According to some schools of philosophic thought, it is man's nature to work, but we also have material needs that must be addressed.

  • Philosophy was now separated from natural science, and the philosophic life was no longer seen as the best life.

    Academic text (1990)
  • But I believe that dance, like all of the arts, is a philosophic practice.

  • The letter turns out to be a comparison of Christian with ancient philosophic ethics.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Liberal politics are founded on philosophic opinion as any other political regime.

    Academic text (1995)
  • I mean, the duty of the philosophic mind is to rise above the personal and contemplate the universal, right?

  • "Curious, is it not?" Dickens struck a philosophic note.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Most technologists I know are not trained with the philosophic disciplines to be able to have a serious ethical argument.

  • The question is, why does Socrates regard philosophic kingship as required for Callipolis for the just City?

  • What the Bhagavad Gita does is defend certain dogmas of religion on philosophic grounds.

    Blog text (23)

Synonyms

philosophical
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Relating to basic ideas about knowledge, reality, and being

has identical meaning but differs as an alternative adjective form

Surface Forms

philosophic positive

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.