Word Finder - philosophies

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The love of wisdom.

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An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.

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Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.

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A comprehensive system of belief.

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A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.

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a philosophy of government;   a philosophy of education

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A general principle (usually moral).

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A broader branch of (non-applied) science.

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A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper.

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The size of type between long primer and pica, standardized as 11 point.

It ranks, up to our own day, as the last of the great philosophies, and the boldest of all.

Its ideas became popular among ordinary men as the older philosophies had never been.

Of these difficulties the philosophies of Berkeley and Hume are systematic treatments.

One of this community's basic security philosophies is, " With enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

Other and wider German philosophies gradually followed that of Kant to England.

He is not a systematic thinker, but is too much affected by the eclectic notion of reconciling all philosophies.

Such philosophies are called rationalist or sensationalist according as they lay emphasis specially on the function of reason or that of the senses.

He cannot see, as Justin and Clement see, a striving after truth, a feeling after God, in the older religions, or even in the philosophies of Greece.

Hegelianism is confessedly one of the most difficult of all philosophies.

In the beginning of the Encyklopadie he discusses the defects of dogmatism, empiricism, the philosophies of Kant and Jacobi.

Velleius attacks other philosophies and explains the system of Epicurus.

A theosophical system may also be pantheistic, in tendency if not in intention; but the transcendent character of its Godhead definitely distinguishes it from the speculative philosophies which might otherwise seem to fall under the same definition.

Opposition was to be expected, not only from previous philosophies, but especially from the human mind itself.

The philosophies which are " redargued " are divided into three classes, the sophistical, of which the best example is Aristotle, who, according to Bacon, forces nature into his abstract schemata and thinks to explain by definitions; the empirical, which from few and limited experiments leaps at once to general conclusions; and the superstitious, which corrupts philosophy by the introduction of poetical and theological notions.

This elimination of the non-essential, grounded on the fundamental propositions with regard to forms, is the most important of Bacon's contributions to the logic of induction, and that in which, as he repeatedly says, his method differs from all previous philosophies.

He was the friend of regular correspondent - a third of the letters preserved to us are to or from him; and it appears from his first letter that their talk on this occasion was "on God, on infinite extension and thought, on the difference and the agreement of these attributes, on the nature of the union of the human soul with the body, as well as concerning the principles of the Cartesian and Baconian philosophies."

Dissatisfied with the meagre philosophies of his Italian teachers, he went to Toledo to study in Spanish Moslem schools, then so famous as depositories and interpreters of ancient wisdom; and, having thus acquired a knowledge of the Arabic language, he appears to have devoted the remainder of his life to the business of making Latin translations from its literature.

He flouted life and all philosophies but the Cynic in light compositions, partly in prose and partly in verse.

He dwells with delight on the unselfish patriotism of the old heroes of the republic. In those times children obeyed their parents, the gods were still sincerely worshipped, poverty was no disgrace, sceptical philosophies and foreign fashions in religion and in daily life were unknown.

The review aims to include historiography, erudition, philosophies of history, methodologies of historical research and didactics of history.

I don't know what people are talking about when they say westerners have trouble understanding or adapting to these philosophies.

In this endeavour he forms with Herbart an opposition to the philosophies of Fichte, Schelling and Hegel, which aimed at objective and absolute knowledge, and also to the criticism of Kant, which aimed at determining the validity of all human knowledge.

Cousin, whose views varied considerably at different periods of his life, 'not only adopted freely what pleased him in the doctrines of Pierre Laromiguiere, RoyerCollard and Maine de Biran, of Kant, Schelling and Hegel, and of the ancient philosophies, but expressly maintained that the eclectic is the only method now open to the philosopher, whose function thus resolves itself into critical selection and nothing more.

With the gradual subsidence of these areas their culture would necessarily degenerate, although echoes of sublime theogonies and philosophies are still heard in the oral traditions and folklore of many Polynesian groups.

The first three volumes of the Positive Philosophy contain an exposition of the partial philosophies of the five sciences that precede sociology in the hierarchy.

Among the pre-Socratic nature-philosophers of Greece, Heraclitus and the Eleatics are the chief representatives of this polemic. The diametrical opposition of the grounds on which the veracity of the senses is impugned by the two philosophies (see Heraclitus, Parmenides, Eleatic School) was in itself suggestive of sceptical reflection.

Furthermore, the prevailing philosophies of the r8th century tended to demand that a real divine revelation should be one which expressed itself in a form convincing to the reason of the average plain man, whatever his predispositions might be; it was obvious that the New Testament did not wholly conform to this standard.

Its very growth invited attempts to weave ascetic, theosophic, semi-Jewish fancies round the faith, not unlike the attempts often made in modern India to assimilate Christian and local philosophies of religion.

The systems called Jainism (see Jains) and Buddhism (q.v.) had their roots in prehistoric philosophies, but were founded respectively by Vardhamana Mahavira and Gotama Buddha, both of whom were preaching in Magadha during the reign of Bimbisara (c. 520 B.C.).

I do n't know what people are talking about when they say Westerners have trouble understanding or adapting to these philosophies.

Finally, some preschools adopt a particular philosophy, and these philosophies can be identified by the preschool name.

There are numerous potty training philosophies that have been recorded by websites and books, with urinating dolls and even colorful sing-along videos designed to make the potty experience more enticing for your child.

Many store owners have different philosophies but generally retailers want to have positive profit dollars and bring in the revenue.

There are many Internet sites supplying food philosophies and recipes for the ideal cat diet.

Modern naturopathy grew out of the alternative health philosophies of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries but it has its beginnings in the studies of the ancient scholars in Greece.

Feng Shui philosophies came out of Chinese thought, but it has spread around the world and paying attention to these principles has become very popular in the world of interior design.

All Feng Shui philosophies are based upon the flow of Chi, which means vital energy.

When using the Feng Shui philosophies for decorating, begin with color.

For the family that's mixture of ideas, creativity and philosophies, you may prefer the color palette often associated with Asian design, specifically a Zen range of color hues.

There are far too many people that are unaware of just how much of modern tradition and culture was derived from ancient Roman writings, beliefs and philosophies.

The types of timers available reflect the many different forms of meditation and their accompanying philosophies.

For this reason, both kids and adults can get on board with Sesame Street characters, and the philosophies they represent.

On a random weekday between 6 a.m. and midnight, Pascal dishes out deep philosophies before dunking back into the sea.

The contrasting philosophies at the heart of the answers to these questions determine the essential perspective of each moral development theory.

It is clear that there are dramatic differences between these two philosophies.

This Western, contemporary method of feng shui blends the philosophies of the East and the traditional tenets of feng shui with the environmental, physical and social sciences.

The concept of yin and yang is based on the Chinese philosophies that opposite energies are actually dependant upon and connected to, one another.

Trying to take that much information in at once would also be considerably overwhelming, so it is best to start at the most basic concepts and philosophies of yin and yang before getting into the intricate details.

Now that you see the basic concepts of yin and yang energies, you can look further into the concepts behind this ancient symbol and its philosophies.

The complex philosophies of the yin yang concepts may change based on Daoism, Buddhism or the western culture, but the basic concepts of polarity, duality, infinity and balance of yin yang theory remains the same throughout belief systems.