Definition of philosophy

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Philosophy (n.) The course of sciences read in the schools.

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Adept :: Adept (n.) One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient; as, adepts in philosophy..
Kantism :: Kantism (n.) The doctrine or theory of Kant; the Kantian philosophy.
Atomist :: Atomist (n.) One who holds to the atomic philosophy or theory.
Coherency :: Coherency (n.) Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness..
Heresy :: Heresy (n.) An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach..
Philosophism :: Philosophism (n.) Spurious philosophy; the love or practice of sophistry.
Philosopher :: Philosopher (n.) One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness.
Faculty :: Faculty (n.) A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a university or college (Philosophy, Law, Medicine, or Theology), to whom was granted the right of teaching (profitendi or docendi) in the department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal faculty, ect..
Platonism :: Platonism (n.) The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers.
Element :: Element (n.) The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art; rudiments; as, the elements of geometry, or of music..
Peripatetic :: Peripatetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers..
Gospel :: Gospel (v.) Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel..
Intellectual :: Intellectual (a.) Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called mental philosophy..
Platonize :: Platonize (v. t.) To explain by, or accomodate to, the Platonic philosophy..
Gnostic :: Gnostic (n.) One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons..
Academy :: Academy (n.) A garden or grove near Athens (so named from the hero Academus), where Plato and his followers held their philosophical conferences; hence, the school of philosophy of which Plato was head..
Baconian :: Baconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy..
Philosophy :: Philosophy (n.) A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.
Syncretism :: Syncretic (a.) Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion..
Pythagorean :: Pythagorean (a.) Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy..
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