philosopher

phi·los·o·pher

P0248000 (fĭ-lŏs′ə-fər)n.1. A student of or specialist in philosophy.2. A person who lives and thinks according to a particular philosophy.3. A person who is calm and rational under any circumstances.

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[Middle English philosophre, from alteration of Old French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Greek philosophos, lover of wisdom, philosopher : philo-, philo- + sophiā, knowledge, learning.]

philosopher

(fɪˈlɒsəfə) n1. (Philosophy) a student, teacher, or devotee of philosophy2. a person of philosophical temperament, esp one who is patient, wise, and stoical3. (Alchemy) (formerly) an alchemist or devotee of occult science4. a person who establishes the ideology of a cult or movement: the philosopher of the revolution.

phi•los•o•pher

(fɪˈlɒs ə fər)

n. 1. a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields. 2. a person who is deeply versed in philosophy. 3. a person who establishes the central ideas of some movement, cult, etc. 4. a person who regulates his or her life by the light of philosophy or reason. 5. a person who is sensibly calm or rational, esp. under trying circumstances. [1300–50; Middle English philosophre < Anglo-French; Middle French philosophe < Latin philosophus < Greek philósophos]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	philosopher - a specialist in philosophy philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethicsnativist - a philosopher who subscribes to nativismCynic - a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-controleclectic, eclecticist - someone who selects according to the eclectic methodempiricist - a philosopher who subscribes to empiricismepistemologist - a specialist in epistemologyaesthetician, esthetician - a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beautyethician, ethicist - a philosopher who specializes in ethicsexistential philosopher, existentialist, existentialist philosopher - a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainablegymnosophist - member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)libertarian - someone who believes the doctrine of free willmechanist - a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanismmoralist - a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problemsnaturalist - an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific termsnecessitarian - someone who does not believe the doctrine of free willnominalist - a philosopher who has adopted the doctrine of nominalismpluralist - a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of naturepre-Socratic - any philosopher who lived before Socratesrealist - a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of thembookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplinesScholastic - a Scholastic philosopher or theologianSophist - any of a group of Greek philosophers and teachers in the 5th century BC who speculated on a wide range of subjectsStoic - a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"transcendentalist - advocate of transcendentalismyogi - one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insightKarl Popper, Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper - British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)
	2.	philosopher - a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimityindividual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

philosopher

noun thinker, theorist, sage, wise man, logician, metaphysician, dialectician, seeker after truth the Greek philosopher Plato see philosophyQuotations
"It is one of the chief skills of the philosopher not to occupy himself with questions which do not concern him" [Ludwig Wittgenstein Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus]
"There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it" [Cicero De Divinatione]
"There was never yet philosopher"
"That could endure the toothache patiently" [William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing]
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it" [Karl Marx Theses on Feuerbach]
"I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in" [Oliver Edwards]
"what I understand by `philosopher': a terrible explosive in the presence of which everything is in danger" [Friedrich Nietzsche Ecce Homo]

philosopher

nounA person who seeks reason and truth by thinking and meditation:thinker.

Translations

哲学家

philosophy

(fiˈlosəfi) – plural phiˈlosophies – noun1. the search for knowledge and truth, especially about the nature of man and his behaviour and beliefs. moral philosophy. 哲學 哲学2. a particular system of philosophical theories. I have a very simple philosophy (=attitude to life) – enjoy life! 哲學體系，人生觀 哲学体系，人生观 phiˈlosopher noun a person who studies philosophy, especially one who develops a particular set of theories. Rousseau was a famous philosopher. 哲學家 哲学家ˌphiloˈsophical, ˌphiloˈsophic (-ˈso-) adjective1. of philosophy. a philosophical discussion; philosophical works. 哲學的 哲学的2. (of a person) calm, not easily upset or worried. He's had a lot of bad luck, but he's philosophical about it. 達觀的，泰然自若的 达观的，处乱不惊的 ˌphiloˈsophically adverb 哲學地 哲学上phiˈlosophize, phiˈlosophise verb to think about or discuss the nature of man, the purpose of life etc. He spends all his time philosophizing and never does any work. 哲學探討 哲学探讨