What's the difference between alchemical and philosophy?

Alchemical


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or relating to alchemy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It believe it can pile spending cuts and tax rises on to a weak economy and by a mysterious alchemical process no one but initiates understands private enterprise will boom and provide the jobs and income to change Britain into a rich country with a small state.
  • (2) The academic evidence on city size and growth rates is ambiguous because there are many complexities; agglomeration itself is a mysterious and alchemical process between underspecified variables.
  • (3) There’s a way that the force of disappointment can be alchemized into something that will paradoxically renew you.
  • (4) The study of China's alchemical tradition can provide considerable insight into early Chinese medical theory, pharmaco-therapeutic practice and psychosomatic concepts.
  • (5) In particular, we studied the "alchemic" mutation of the inhibitor Ac-Ser-Leu-Asn-(Phe-Hea-Pro)-Ile-Val-OMe (S1) to Ac-Ser-Leu-Asn-(Phe-Hea-Pro)-Ile-OMe (S2), where Hea is hydroxyethylamine, in two different (R and S) diastereomeric configurations of the hydroxyethylene group.
  • (6) The answer is to be found in those "cosmic" performances, where, in a truly alchemical transformation of elements, something is achieved that goes beyond the egos of the players or the conductors and the only choice is to follow the musical energy that's being created on stage.
  • (7) For my benefit, in the sunshine, he explains a little of how the alchemical elements of English Magic came about.
  • (8) Fergie has subverted much in his two and a half decades of omnipotence, desecrating the face of Adonis with a projectile boot, alchemically balancing the lords of capitalism that took over the club from his friend Martin Edwards .
  • (9) This article presents a historical survey and analysis of some important aspects of Chinese alchemical research and theory.
  • (10) He’s one of my formative crushes, the base of the unconscious alchemical blueprint for what I find attractive.
  • (11) Is the Glasgow scene a flash in the pan, a one-off alchemical combination of people, place and time?
  • (12) In a place that was used to transforming acts, the swelling of the river and the flooding of the land each summer was about as alchemic an act as man could imagine.

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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Psychiatry unlike philosophy (with its problem of solipsism) recognizes the existence of other minds from the nonverbal communication between doctor and patient.
  • (2) A philosophy student at Sussex University, he was part of an improvised comedy sketch group and one skit required him to beatbox (making complex drum noises with your mouth).
  • (3) This chapter describes a systematic approach to the art of collection for services rendered, based primarily on a pay-as-you-go philosophy.
  • (4) Finally, the general philosophy of BOSS and applications to a multi-processor assembly are discussed.
  • (5) However, marketing has to be understood correctly as a philosophy providing a means of approaching the establishing, maintaining and enhancing patient or customer relationships and not as a narrowly defined set of tools.
  • (6) This communication deals with Leidy's life, his philosophy, and his unique dedication to the study of nature.
  • (7) To empower these nurses to respond effectively, it is imperative that the profession be reclarified as a specialty with a distinct philosophy and mission.
  • (8) If the experts are correct, he will elaborate this homespun philosophy before a necessarily adoring congress, confirming that it replaces his father’s songun (“military first”) mantera.
  • (9) Foodmakers will also burble on about their “philosophy” or their “mission” or their “strong core values” or the “adventure” or “journey” they have been on in order to get their products triumphantly shelved in Waitrose .
  • (10) That idea isn't popular with many in the technology world who have watched Google morph from a company that says "it's best to do one thing really well" (as its corporate philosophy page still insists) to one which seems to want more and more personal data all the time.
  • (11) The title illustrates this philosophy with the simple words: "Invitation to join the government of Britain."
  • (12) The survey was designed to determine the philosophies and techniques used by prosthodontic specialists in treatment involving the removable partial denture.
  • (13) Ideas drawn from contemporary philosophy of science show how different "schools" derive separate, incompatible sets of scientific evidence from the same clinical situation.
  • (14) Part 1 of the bibliography printed here covers the following topics: 1) professional goals and philosophy of midwives; 2) education of midwives regarding family planning practice; 3) education of patients in family planning; and 4) midwives' practice with specific birth control methods.
  • (15) This paper is an account of the process of identifying a college of nursing and midwifery corporate philosophy.
  • (16) Based on seven years' experimentation, this paper provides an overview of the philosophy behind this particular curriculum and describes, in brief, four educational methods which have proven useful.
  • (17) She was 26, a philosophy student and a part-time travel agent, according to those who knew her.
  • (18) From now on I will treat them as they deserve: badly, with zero humanity.” Striker Zé Love: “The president speaks his mind.” Soundest philosophy Italy: Inter striker Mauro Icardi, reportedly sacking his agent of 10 years and replacing him with wife Wanda Nara, the ex-partner of former team-mate Maxi López .
  • (19) Palliative care must be based on a philosophy that acknowledges the inherent worth and dignity of each person.
  • (20) And like Warhol, he saw his own philosophy and his belief not within himself but in the world around him.” Barely drawing breath, Shaw cites a painful image of Ruskin “as a wounded animal searching for cover in a re-created world”.