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philosopheme|fɪˈlɒsəfiːm|
[ad. late L. philosophēma (Boethius), a. Gr. ϕιλοσόϕηµα a demonstrative syllogism, philosophical doctrine or principle, f. ϕιλοσοϕεῖν to love or pursue knowledge, philosophize, f. ϕιλόσοϕ-ος: see philosoph.]
A philosophic conclusion or demonstration; a philosophical statement, theorem, or axiom.
1678Gale Crt. Gentiles III. 51 An evasion, which not only Reason and Scripture but even Pagan Philosophemes contradict. 1741Watts Improv. Mind i. ix. §2 Perhaps you may derive some useful philosophemes or theorems, for your own entertainment. 1804W Taylor in Crit. Rev. Ser. iii. III. 540 Only sagas and philosophemas, which..contain no pure history. 1818J. Brown Psyche 115 Without our running to extremes, Or deeming flights philosophemes. 1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. (1897) 152 This passage bears upon more than one Hindu philosopheme. |