单词 | physical philosophy |
释义 | > as lemmasphysical philosophy physical philosophy n. now historical = physical science n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > [noun] > physics physical philosophy1654 physical science1705 physics1715 new physics1874 1654 J. Crandon Mr. Baxters Aphorisms Exorized & Anthorized ii. 77 The saying over again of what he had said before, and a little prattle of Physicall and morall Philosophy. 1720 A. Pope in tr. Homer Iliad (ed. 2) I. Pref. sig. A6 Those secrets of nature and physical philosophy, which Homer is generally suppos'd to have wrapt up in his allegories. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vii. 343 The business of physical philosophy is, to explain external phenomena with a view to their prediction. 1986 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 47 12 As a popularizer of Epicurus's physical philosophy Lucretius was unknown to the Middle Ages, or so it has been generally believed. < as lemmas |
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