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Philosophy   /fəlˈɑsəfi/   Listen
Philosophy

noun
(pl. philosophies)
1.
A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school.  Synonyms: doctrine, ism, philosophical system, school of thought.
2.
The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics.
3.
Any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation.  "My father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"



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"Philosophy" Quotes from Famous Books



... towering passion of his existence—his love for his child. It was strange, it was touching, to see the bond between father and son. The child's thoughts and words, as told in his eyes and from his lips, formed the man's philosophy. I believe Eugen confided everything to his boy. His first thought in the morning, his last at night, was for der Kleine. His leisure was—I can not say "given up" to the boy—but it ...
— The First Violin - A Novel • Jessie Fothergill
... my sympathies. From that hour I lavished my love on my father and yourself. Years passed and we went to New Orleans—" Here Florence paused, and closed her eyes for a moment, but quickly resumed—"You know how I studied. Mary, was it merely from love of metaphysics and philosophy, think you? No. no! Mr. Stewart's look of surprise and pleasure as, one by one, I mastered various intricacies, was the meed for which I toiled. Mary, from the first day we met, I loved him, for his was a master spirit I worshiped ...
— Inez - A Tale of the Alamo • Augusta J. Evans
... thought of for president of the university but she refused to consider it. At present (1920) two of the four most highly paid professors are women at the head of the combined departments of Psychology and Philosophy and of Political Economy and Sociology. There are five women on the Faculty, receiving the same compensation as the men holding equal positions. Women are full professors in History, English and Home Economics. The professor of Elementary Education and supervisor of the training school is ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI • Various
... motion! Murtagh sprang back affrighted, and stood with his red hair on end, gazing at the odd and inexplicable phenomenon. The others were as much puzzled as he—all except the Malay, who at a glance understood the philosophy of ...
— The Castaways • Captain Mayne Reid
... legal term for a man dying. Call it Fate, and that's philosophy; call me Providence, and you talk religion. Die? My, that is what man is made for; we are full of mortal parts; we are all as good as dead already, we hang so close upon the brink: touch a button, and the strongest ...
— The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson


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