From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishphilosopherphi‧los‧o‧pher /fəˈlɒsəfə $ -ˈlɑːsəfər/ ●○○ AWL noun [countable] 1 RPsomeone who studies and develops ideas about the nature and meaning of existence, truth, good and evil etc Plato, Aristotle, and other Greek philosophers2 THINK ABOUTsomeone who thinks deeply about the world, life etc
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philosopher• Ink wasn't advocating Bott as a philosopher.• Relativism is not an attractive proposition to anyone, least of all philosophers, because everything becomes so uncertain and transitory.• the ancient Greek philosophers• This explains why so many philosophers have supported theoretical hedonism.• The philosopher, who had told me earlier he was a back-sliding Episcopalian, glanced at me apprehensively.• Child was of course accepting a degree of relativism which was usually an anathema to philosophers. 