Weltanschauung

Welt·an·schau·ung (v

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n. pl. Welt·an·schau·ungs or Welt·an·schau·ung·en (-

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See worldview.

[German : Welt, world (from Middle High German wërlt, from Old High German weralt; see w-ro- in Indo-European roots) + Anschauung, view (from Middle High German anschouwunge, observation, mystical contemplation : an-, on, at from Old High German ana-; see anlage + schouwunge, look from schouwen, to look at, from Old High German scouwn).]

Weltanschauung German [ˈvɛltanʃauʊŋ]

(Philosophy) a comprehensive view or personal philosophy of human life and the universe

[from Welt world + Anschauung view]

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Weltanschauung - a comprehensive view of the world and human life

world view

perspective, view, position - a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

clockwork universe - the view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanics

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It will be remembered that in Schopenhauer's ethics, pity is elevated to the highest place among the virtues, and very consistently too, seeing that the Weltanschauung is a pessimistic one.

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

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