philosopher (redirected from Philosophers)

phi·los·o·pher  (f-ls-fr)

n.

1. A student of or specialist in philosophy.

2. A person who lives and thinks according to a particular philosophy.

3. A person who is calm and rational under any circumstances.

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[Middle English philosophre, from alteration of Old French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Greek philosophos, lover of wisdom, philosopher : philo-, philo- + sophi, knowledge, learning.]

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philosopher [fɪˈlɒsəfə]

n

1. (Philosophy) a student, teacher, or devotee of philosophy

2. a person of philosophical temperament, esp one who is patient, wise, and stoical

3. (Chemistry / Alchemy) (formerly) an alchemist or devotee of occult science

4. a person who establishes the ideology of a cult or movement the philosopher of the revolution

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	philosopher - a specialist in philosophy           philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics nativist - a philosopher who subscribes to nativism Cynic - a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control eclectic, eclecticist - someone who selects according to the eclectic method empiricist - a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism epistemologist - a specialist in epistemology aesthetician, esthetician - a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty ethician, ethicist - a philosopher who specializes in ethics existential philosopher, existentialist, existentialist philosopher - a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable gymnosophist - member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) libertarian - someone who believes the doctrine of free will mechanist - a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism moralist - a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems naturalist - an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms necessitarian - someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will nominalist - a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalism pluralist - a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature pre-Socratic - any philosopher who lived before Socrates realist - a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines Scholastic - a Scholastic philosopher or theologian Sophist - any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjects Stoic - a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny" transcendentalist - advocate of transcendentalism yogi - one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight Karl Popper, Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper - British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)
	2.	philosopher - a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

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philosopher

noun thinker, theorist, sage, wise man, logician, metaphysician, dialectician, seeker after truth the Greek philosopher Plato see philosophy

Quotations
"It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him" [Ludwig Wittgenstein Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus]
"There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it" [Cicero De Divinatione]
"There was never yet philosopher"
"That could endure the toothache patiently" [William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing]
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it" [Karl Marx Theses on Feuerbach]
"I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in" [Oliver Edwards]
"what I understand by `philosopher': a terrible explosive in the presence of which everything is in danger" [Friedrich Nietzsche Ecce Homo]

Translations

philosopher [fɪˈlɒsəfəʳ] N → filósofo/a m/f
philosopher's stone → piedra f filosofal

philosopher [fɪˈlɒsəfə^r] n → philosophe m

philosopher

n → Philosoph(in) m(f)

philosopher [fɪˈlɒsəfəʳ] n → filosofo/a

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philosopher [fɪˈlɒsəfəʳ] n → filosofo/a