philosophy

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /fɪˈlɒs.ə.fi/    美 /fɪˈlɑ.sə.fi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism, often attempting to provide explanations relating to general concepts such as existence and rationality. uncountable
    — Philosophy is often divided into five major branches: logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and aesthetics.
  2. A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain. countable
    — a philosophy of government; a philosophy of education
  3. A general principle (usually moral). countable
    — As a matter of fact the Enlightment culture was based on a philosophy inspired to an ethical laicism whose aim was to create a better society based on principles such as solidarity, equality of rights and duties, and full freedom.
  4. A comprehensive system of belief. countable
  5. The love of wisdom. archaic,uncountable
  6. A calm and thoughtful demeanor; calmness of temper. dated,uncountable
  7. Synonym of small pica (especially in French printing). countable,dated,uncountable
    — Although I prefer small pica. Or as its^([sic]) sometimes known, philosophy. – Small pica, or philosophy, she said. It sounds like the title of a novel. With a girl heroine.
  8. A broader branch of (non-applied) science. archaic,countable
    — natural philosophy
动词 v.
  1. To philosophize. archaic
    — Plato hath (in my seeming) loved this manner of Philosophying, Dialogue wise in good earnest, that therby he might more decently place in sundry mouthes the diversity and variation of his owne conceits.

词形变化

philosophies plural philosophie alternative,obsolete phylosophie alternative,obsolete phylosophy alternative,nonstandard philosophies present,singular,third-person philosophying participle,present philosophied participle,past philosophied past philosophie alternative,obsolete phylosophie alternative,obsolete phylosophy alternative,nonstandard

词汇关系

近义词
philosophy
上位词
discipline study
下位词
metaphysics epistemology
衍生词
analytic philosophy antiphilosophy astrophilosophy biophilosophy continental philosophy counterphilosophy critical philosophy cyberphilosophy Doctor of Philosophy ecophilosophy ecosophy ethnophilosophy first philosophy foolosophy geophilosophy metaphilosophy moral philosophy natural philosophy nature philosophy neurophilosophy nonphilosophy ordinary language philosophy Oxford philosophy perennial philosophy personal philosophy philosophist philosophize philosophylike philosophy of mind philosophy of science Philosothon physiophilosophy protophilosophy pseudophilosophy psychophilosophy religiophilosophy rosewater philosophy social philosophy sociophilosophy speculative philosophy synthetic philosophy technophilosophy theophilosophy Unix philosophy unphilosophy
相关词
philologist philology philosopher philosophic philosophical philosophically philosophise philosophize ethics
并列词
mathematics science
部分词
metaphysics ontology epistemology logic ethics aesthetics axiology hermeneutics

词源

词源 1
From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, philo- + -sophy. Displaced Old English ūþwitegung.
词源 2
From Middle English philosophie, Old French philosophie, and their source, Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “loving”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”). By surface analysis, philo- + -sophy. Displaced Old English ūþwitegung.
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