Definitions
Person who studies deep questions about knowledge and life.
Word origin
From Middle English philosophre, from Anglo-Norman or Middle French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos, literally “lover of wisdom”) + -er.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Deep thinker”11 letters
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