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Definitions of philosophy
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Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws. Webster Dictionary DB
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A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained. Webster Dictionary DB
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Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy. Webster Dictionary DB
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The course of sciences read in the schools. Webster Dictionary DB
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A treatise on philosophy. Webster Dictionary DB
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The knowledge of the principles that cause, control, or explain facts and events: calmness of temper; practical wisdom. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
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The knowledge of the causes of all phenomena: the collection of general laws or principles belonging to any department of knowledge: reasoning: a particular philosophical system. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
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Knowledge of phenomena in their relations of causes and effects, and the laws governing these; rational wisdom; any philosophical system. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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Philosophic, philosophical. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
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The rational explanation of anything. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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Practical wisdom and rational self control. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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Mental science; metaphysics. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
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The application of pure thought to the explanation of things, or the rationally thought-out explanation of things; a particular philosophic system; a scientific explanation; reasoning; investigation of the phenomena of mind and matter; argumentation. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
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The science which investigates the causes of all phenomena both of mind and of matter; the knowledge of things natural and moral founded upon reason and experience; reasoning; course of sciences read in the schools. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
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