(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.
