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Definition of Philosophical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to philosophy or philosophers. "A considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology"

2. Adjective. Characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment. "A philosophic attitude toward life"

Definition of Philosophical

1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, philosophy. ¹

2. Adjective. Rational; analytic or critically-minded; thoughtful. ¹

3. Adjective. Detached, calm, stoic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Philosophical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Philosophical

philosophation philosophations philosophe philosopheme philosophemes philosopher philosopher's game philosopher's stone philosopher's wool philosopher king

philosopheress philosophers philosophes philosophia perennis philosophic philosophical philosophical doctrine philosophical method philosophical system philosophical theory

philosophicall philosophically philosophick philosophie philosophied philosophies philosophise philosophised philosophiser philosophises

Literary usage of Philosophical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"'On the Speculations of the Neptunians,'in the ' Philosophical Magazine,' 1816. ... An Essay on Agriculture,' London, 1818,8vo ; also in the ' Philosophical ..."

2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"FIRST BOOK INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THE PROGRESS OF OPINION IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER I Philosophical Method Among the Americans I THINK that in no ..."

3. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1874)
"Philosophical relation consists in a comparison, but no comparison between cause and effect. then can the relation between flame and heat be a philosophical ..."

4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"THE Philosophical METHOD OF INTERPRETATION THE kernel of all Faust literature is a religious fable. A nobly striving and highly gifted man, ..."

5. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"FIRST BOOK INFLUENCE OF DEMOCRACY ON THE PROGRESS OF OPINION IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER I Philosophical Method Among the Americans I THINK that in no ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"From early youth, if tradition can be trusted, Bacon showed extraordinary mental powers and a keen interest in philosophical pursuits. ..."

7. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1905)
"NAPIER, MAC- YEY, 1811, Stewart's Philosophical Essays, Quarterly Review, vol. 6, p. 20. In the first two Dissertations of the volume bearing the title of ..."

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