(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”.
Platonism
Definition:
(n.) The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers.
(n.) An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions.
Example Sentences:
(1) And beneath them, Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, the only black woman in a room of images of mostly white men, is doing her best to follow Platon's directions.
(2) "A Platonic academy, or symposium," he says, "is a group of people sitting round a table discussing ideas, which is a great thing to do.
(3) All the people who Platon has photographed are used to being in control.
(4) Moretti has spoken previously of making criticism less like a Platonic academy, and more like a laboratory.
(5) Platon, born in 1968 in London, has won many international awards for his work.
(6) For some reason, no actual lake I visit ever measures up to the ideal platonic lake for which I yearn.
(7) Judge Viktor Danilkin sentenced Khodorkovsky, 47, and his business partner, Platon Lebedev, 54, to 14 years in a penal colony, including time already served, meaning the pair will not be free for seven more years.
(8) And the platonic concept of a library can be a caravan with some books in it.
(9) Sage's major study of neo-Platonism and English poetry was uncompleted at the time of her death.
(10) We are platonic adult roommates who hold hands at bars.
(11) Yet for a fraction of a second Platon is the one with power.
(12) And the first rule is, you have to be platonic first.
(13) Ihave the deepest sympathy for Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his fellow unfortunate, Platon Lebedev .
(14) Earlier Platon Lebedev, Khodorkovsky's co-defendant, angrily dismissed the Kremlin charges as "rotten".
(15) Platon Platon’s portrait of Ahmadinejad I had an idea that all our leaders are presented to us through a veil of propaganda.
(16) There's different kinds of love, and I'd never experienced that kind of totally platonic love.
(17) Platon Lebedev, another former executive, who was jailed by a Russian court on tax-evasion charges and was released this year, is another victor.
(18) Photograph: Platon for the Observer And then that's it.
(19) On the walls are dozens of enlarged close-ups of other people who have all sat, at one time or another, for Platon , the London-born photographer who has made his name and career photographing the rich and powerful.
(20) This article was corrected on 22 May: the Piraeus University economics professor is Platon Tinios, not Platos