philosopher

English - Turkish

Definition of philosopher in English Turkish dictionary

{i} filozof

Filozoflar tarafından aydınlatılmamış bir toplum şarlatanlar tarafından aptal yerine konulurlar. - Any society not enlightened by philosophers is fooled by quacks.

Öfkeli olmak bir filozofa yakışmaz. - Anger does not befit a philosopher.

{i} düşünür

{i} felsefeci

{i} düşünceli kişi

{i} kalender kimse

philosopher's stone

Felsefe taşı

philosophers

filozoflar

Bütün filozoflar evrenin sonsuzluğunun gerçek olduğunu düşünmez. - Not all philosophers consider the endlessness of the Universe to be true.

Özgürlüğün var olup olmayacağı filozoflar tarafından uzun süre tartışılmıştır. - Whether free will exists has been debated by philosophers for a long time.

natural philosopher

doğa araştırmacısı

English - English

Definition of philosopher in English English dictionary: A person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy; One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy; a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity; a specialist in philosophy a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity; {i} one who philosophizes; one who studies the principles of existence behavior and knowledge; If you refer to someone as a philosopher, you mean that they think deeply and seriously about life and other basic matters; a specialist in philosophy; An alchemist; One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness; A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead; A philosopher is a person who studies or writes about philosophy. the Greek philosopher Plato
philosopher king: A very wise ruler
This philosopher king contrasts sharply with the cruel tyrant, who plays a memorable role in other parts of the Histories.
philosopher's game: A game similar to chess, played on an oblong board with round, triangular and square pieces
The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock .
philosopher's stone: A substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver, usually by means of the application and distillation of another substance, usually mercury; also sometimes claimed to give immortality
philosopher's stone: a hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
philosopher's stone: an imaginary substance that was thought in the past to have the power to change any other metal into gold
philosophers: plural of philosopher

philosopher

Hyphenation

phi·los·o·pher

Turkish pronunciation

fıläsıfır

Synonyms

logician, sage, savant, sophist, theorist, wise person

Pronunciation

/fəˈläsəfər/ /fəˈlɑːsəfɜr/

Etymology

() From Anglo-Norman or Middle French philosophe, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φίλος (philos, “beloved, loving”) + σοφός (sophos, “wise”), from σοφία (sophia, “wisdom”) + -er. Credited as having been coined by Pythagoras|Pythagoras]] to describe himself.Attributed dates to Roman antiquity: Cicero|Cicero]], Tusculan Disputations|Tusculan Disputations]], 5.3.8-9 = Heraclides Ponticus|Heraclides Ponticus]] fr. 88 Wehrli, Diogenes Laertius|Diogenes Laertius]] 1.12, 8.8, Iamblichus|Iamblichus]] VP 58.This view has been challenged by Walter Burkert|Walter Burkert]], but it has been defended by C.J. De Vogel, Pythagoras and Early Pythagoreanism (1966), pp. 97–102, and C. Riedweg, Pythagoras: His Life, Teaching, And Influence (2005), p. 92.