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Philosophy Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.
(n.) Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.
(n.) Reasoning; argumentation.
(n.) The course of sciences read in the schools.
(n.) A treatise on philosophy.
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science, however, gives me the feeling of steady...
Max Born
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atoms, causality, ideas, illuminating, knowledge, matter, philosophers, philosophy, physics, progress
I have often noticed that these things, which obsess me, neither bother nor impress other people even slightly. I am horribly apt to approach some innocent at a gathering, and like the ancient mariner...
Annie Dillard
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beauty, belief, consciousness, creation, curiosity, disbelief, energy, enoughness, epiphany, exploration