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philosophy

phi·lo·sophy

UK/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fi/ US/fɪˈlɑ.sə.fi/ fairly common

noun

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any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation

  • “self-indulgence was his only philosophy”
  • “my father”

Origin

From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, philo- + -sophy. Displaced Old English ūþwitegung.

Phrases

  • analytic philosophy
  • continental philosophy
  • critical philosophy
  • Doctor of Philosophy
  • first philosophy
  • moral philosophy
  • natural philosophy
  • nature philosophy

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