FromMiddle English philosophie Old French philosophie Latin philosophia Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία ( philosophía ) , fromφίλος ( phílos ,“ loving ” ) +σοφία ( sophía ,“ wisdom ” ) . Bysurface analysis ,philo- -sophy Displaced Old English ūþwitegung
philosophy (countable anduncountable plural philosophies
( uncountable ) academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather thanempiricism , often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality.Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.
1661 John Fell ,The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond [1] During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course ofphilosophy , he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[ …]
( countable ) view oroutlook regardingfundamental principles underlying some domain.aphilosophy of government; aphilosophy of education
( countable ) general principle (usuallymoral ).2012 From Building Fabric to City Form: Reconstruction in Calabria at end of Eighteenth Century [2] →ISBN As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on aphilosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.
( countable ) comprehensive system ofbelief .( archaic ) ( uncountable , originally) love ofwisdom .Acalm andthoughtful demeanor ; calmness oftemper . ( printing , dated ) Synonym ofsmall pica ( especially in French printing ) .2010 Salamander , Emblem Editions,→ISBN Although I prefer small pica. Or as its[sic sometimes known,philosophy .Small pica, orphilosophy , she said. It sounds like the title of a novel. With a girl heroine. academic discipline
Afrikaans:filosofie (af) Amharic:ፍልስፍና ( fəlsəfna ) Arabic:فلْسَفَة f Egyptian Arabic:فلسفة f ( falsafa ) Hijazi Arabic:فَلْسَفة f ( falsafa ) Aragonese:filosofía f Armenian:փիլիսոփայություն (hy) ( pʻilisopʻayutʻyun ) Azerbaijani:fəlsəfə (az) Balinese:tattwa Basque:filosofia Belarusian:філасо́фія (be) f ( filasófija ) Bulgarian:филосо́фия (bg) f ( filosófija ) Burmese:ဒဿနဗေဒ ( da.ssa.na.beda. ) ,သဘာဝတ္ထဗေဒ (my) ( sa.bhawathta.beda. ) Catalan:filosofia (ca) Chinese:Cantonese:哲學 / 哲学 ( zit3 hok6 ) Mandarin:哲学 (zh) ( zhéxué ) Cornish:filosofieth f Czech:filozofie (cs) f filosofie (cs) f Danish:filosofi (da) c Dutch:filosofie (nl) f wijsbegeerte (nl) f Esperanto:filozofio (eo) Faroese:heimspeki f Finnish:filosofia (fi) French:philosophie (fr) f Galician:filosofía (gl) f Georgian:ფილოსოფია ( pilosopia ) German:Philosophie (de) f Greek:φιλοσοφία (el) f ( filosofía ) Ancient:φιλοσοφία f ( philosophía ) Gujarati:ફિલસૂફી f ( philsūphī ) Hindi:दर्शन (hi) m ( darśan ) ,फ़लसफ़ा m ( falasfā ) ,तत्व (hi) m ( tatva ) Hungarian:filozófia (hu) ,bölcselet (hu) Icelandic:heimspeki (is) n Ido:filozofio (io) Indonesian:filsafat (id) ,falsafah (id) Interlingua:philosophia (ia) Irish:fealsúnacht f Italian:filosofia (it) f Japanese:哲学 (ja) ( てつがく , tetsugaku) Kannada:ತತ್ತ್ವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (kn) ( tattvaśāstra ) Kazakh:пәлсапа ( pälsapa ) ,фәлсафа ( fälsafa ) ,философия (kk) ( filosofiä ) ,даналықтану ( danalyqtanu ) Khmer:ទស្សនវិជ្ជា (km) ( tʊəhsana vɨcchie ) Korean:철학(哲學) (ko) ( cheolhak ) Kyrgyz:философия (ky) ( filosofiya ) Latin:philosophia (la) f Latvian:filozofija f Lithuanian:filosofija (lt) m Macedonian:философија f ( filosofija ) ,филозофија f ( filozofija ) Malay:falsafah (ms) Maori:whakaaromōhio Mongolian:философи ( filosofi ) Muong:tliết học Nepali:दर्शन ( darsan ) Norwegian:Bokmål:filosofi (no) m Nynorsk:filosofi m Occitan:filosofia (oc) f Old English:ūþwitegung f Ottoman Turkish:فلسفه ( felsefe ) Persian:فلسفه (fa) ( falsafe ) ,خرددوستی ( xeraddusti ) Polish:filozofia (pl) f Portuguese:filosofia (pt) f Romanian:filozofie (ro) f Russian:филосо́фия (ru) f ( filosófija ) Scottish Gaelic:feallsanachd f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:филозофија f Roman:filozofija (sh) f Sicilian:filusufìa (scn) f Slovak:filozofia f Spanish:filosofía (es) f Swahili:falsafa (sw) class9 Swedish:filosofi (sv) c Tagalog:pilosopiya batnayan Tajik:фалсафа (tg) ( falsafa ) Tamil:மெய்யியல் (ta) ( meyyiyal ) ,தத்துவம் (ta) ( tattuvam ) Thai:ปรัชญา (th) ( bpràt-yaa ) Turkish:felsefe (tr) Ukrainian:філосо́фія (uk) f ( filosófija ) Urdu:فلسفہ Uyghur:پەلسەپە ( pelsepe ) Vietnamese:triết học (vi) (哲學 Volapük:filosop (vo) West Frisian:wiisbegearte Yiddish:פֿילאָסאָפֿיע f ( filosofye )
comprehensive system of belief
Afrikaans:filosofie (af) Amharic:ፍልስፍና ( fəlsəfna ) Arabic:فَلْسَفَة f ( falsafa ) ,مَذْهَب (ar) m ( maḏhab ) Armenian:փիլիսոփայություն (hy) ( pʻilisopʻayutʻyun ) Azerbaijani:fəlsəfə (az) Bulgarian:философия (bg) f ( filosofija ) Catalan:filosofia (ca) Czech:filozofie (cs) f Dutch:filosofie (nl) f Esperanto:filozofio (eo) Finnish:filosofia (fi) Galician:filosofía (gl) f Greek:φιλοσοφία (el) f ( filosofía ) Hindi:फ़लसफ़ा m ( falasfā ) ,मज़हब m ( mazhab ) ,मजहब (hi) m ( majhab ) ,दर्शन (hi) m ( darśan ) Hungarian:filozófia (hu) ,eszmerendszer (hu) ,életfilozófia (hu) ,életszemlélet (hu) ,életfelfogás (hu) Japanese:哲学 (ja) ( てつがく , tetsugaku) Latvian:filozofija f Macedonian:философија f ( filosofija ) ,филозофија f ( filozofija ) Polish:filozofia (pl) f Portuguese:filosofia (pt) f Romanian:filozofie (ro) f Russian:филосо́фия (ru) f ( filosófija ) Sanskrit:दर्शन (sa) n ( darśana ) Scottish Gaelic:feallsanachd f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:филозофија f Roman:filozofija (sh) f Sicilian:filusufìa (scn) f Swedish:filosofi (sv) c Ukrainian:філосо́фія (uk) f ( filosófija ) Vietnamese:triết lý (vi) ( 哲理 ) ,triết học (vi) ( 哲學 ) Welsh:athroniaeth (cy) West Frisian:filosofy c
view regarding fundamental principles
Afrikaans:filosofie (af) Amharic:ፍልስፍና ( fəlsəfna ) Arabic:مَذْهَب (ar) m ( maḏhab ) ,عَقِيدَة (ar) f ( ʕaqīda ) Armenian:փիլիսոփայություն (hy) ( pʻilisopʻayutʻyun ) Azerbaijani:fəlsəfə (az) Bulgarian:философия (bg) f ( filosofija ) Catalan:filosofia (ca) Dutch:filosofie (nl) f Finnish:filosofia (fi) Galician:filosofía (gl) f Greek:φιλοσοφία (el) f ( filosofía ) Hindi:मज़हब m ( mazhab ) ,मजहब (hi) m ( majhab ) ,अकीदा (hi) f ( akīdā ) Hungarian:filozófia (hu) ,elmélet (hu) Japanese:方針 (ja) ( ほうしん , hōshin) ,方向 (ja) ( ほうこう , hōkō) ,主義 (ja) ( しゅぎ , shugi) ,( figuratively ) 哲学 (ja) ( てつがく , tetsugaku) Latvian:filozofija f Macedonian:философија f ( filosofija ) ,филозофија f ( filozofija ) Polish:filozofia (pl) f Portuguese:filosofia (pt) f Romanian:filozofie (ro) f Russian:филосо́фия (ru) f ( filosófija ) Scottish Gaelic:feallsanachd f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:филозофија f Roman:filozofija (sh) f Sicilian:filusufìa (scn) f Swedish:filosofi (sv) c Vietnamese:triết lý (vi) ( 哲理 ) ,nguyên lý (vi) ( 原理 )
general principle
Afrikaans:filosofie (af) Amharic:ፍልስፍና ( fəlsəfna ) Arabic:مَبْدَأ m ( mabdaʔ ) ,مَذْهَب (ar) m ( maḏhab ) Armenian:փիլիսոփայություն (hy) ( pʻilisopʻayutʻyun ) Catalan:filosofia (ca) Dutch:filosofie (nl) f Finnish:filosofia (fi) ,periaate (fi) Galician:filosofía (gl) f Hindi:मज़हब m ( mazhab ) ,मजहब (hi) m ( majhab ) Hungarian:filozófia (hu) ,elv (hu) ,alapelv (hu) Japanese:方針 (ja) ( ほうしん , hōshin) ,方向 (ja) ( ほうこう , hōkō) ,主義 (ja) ( しゅぎ , shugi) ,( figuratively ) 哲学 (ja) ( てつがく , tetsugaku) Latvian:filozofija f Macedonian:философија f ( filosofija ) ,филозофија f ( filozofija ) Polish:filozofia (pl) f Portuguese:filosofia (pt) f Romanian:filozofie (ro) f Scottish Gaelic:feallsanachd f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:филозофија f Roman:filozofija (sh) f Sicilian:filusufìa (scn) f Swedish:filosofi (sv) c Welsh:athroniaeth (cy)
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philosophy (third-person singular simple present philosophies present participle philosophying simple past and past participle philosophied
( now rare ) philosophize .1603 Michel de Montaigne , chapter 12, inJohn Florio , transl.,The Essayes [ … ] [ … ] Val[ entine] Simmes forEdward Blount [ … ] →OCLC Plato hath (in my seeming) loved this manner ofPhilosophying , Dialogue wise in good earnest, that therby he might more decently place in sundry mouthes the diversity and variation of his owne conceits.
"philosophy" in Raymond Williams,Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 235. 
