There's plenty of blame to go around: poor regulation, eight years of a failed Republican economic philosophy, Wall Street-friendly Democrats who helped stymie reform, misguided bipartisan efforts to promote home ownership, Wall Street greed, corrupt CEOs, a botched rescue effort, painfully fallible central bankers. Daniel Gross, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2009Broadly speaking, philosophy has three concerns: how the world hangs together, how our beliefs can be justified, and how to live. Jim Holt, New York Times Book Review, 15 Feb. 2009Almost none of the kids were older than twenty-five, as if there were a sell-by date on radical social philosophy, a legal age limit after which one must surrender lofty ideals and shave off all dreadlocks. Matthew Power, Harper's, March 2008In their mission statement, the editors bragged of their firm commitment to equality and social justice, but their philosophy didn't prevent them from summoning Lindsey to perform all their menial tasks. Kim Wong Keltner, The Dim Sum of All Things, 2004 Her degree is in philosophy and religion. The group eventually split over conflicting political philosophies. Her main cooking philosophy is to use only fresh ingredients. See More
Recent Examples on the WebThe natural builders take this philosophy a step further. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2022 As digital threats to its users expand, though, the company has had to evolve this philosophy.WIRED, 14 Sep. 2022 This philosophy, and the desire to work with entrepreneurs and operators is what drew Revsin to Tribe Capital. Sergei Revzin And Vadim Revzin, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 Though this judicial philosophy purports to interpret the Constitution as it was originally understood, Uthmeier’s memo shows that original understanding is still subject to the whims and manipulations of twenty-first-century conservative lawyers. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 21 July 2022 Instead of becoming a physicist, Koethe went over to the dark side of philosophy and poetry. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022 Pardazi was studying philosophy at the University of Toronto, according to CTV News Toronto, and ran a TikTok account with more than 100,000 followers. Julianne Mcshane, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2022 Crucially, both were also foreigners to the traditional way of doing philosophy, their profession of choice. Robert Zaretsky, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022 But that philosophy goes out the window when a primetime game against a top-five opponent gets put on the table. Stephen Means, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English philosophie, from Anglo-French, from Latin philosophia, from Greek, from philosophos philosopher
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
Time Traveler
The first known use of philosophy was in the 14th century
1study of ideas about the meaning of life哲學ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤ancient, classical, Enlightenment, medieval古代/古典/啟蒙/中世紀哲學▸➤contemporary, modern當代/現代哲學➤Buddhist, Chinese, Christian, Greek, Hindu, Islamic, etc.佛教、中國、基督教、希臘、印度教、伊斯蘭教等哲學▸➤Eastern, Western東方/西方哲學▸➤judicial, moral, natural (historical) , political, religious, social, etc.司法、道德、自然、政治、宗教、社會等哲學◇the attraction of Marxism as a social philosophy馬克思主義作為一種社會哲學的魅力➤analytic, existential, feminist, postmodern, etc.分析、存在主義、女性主義、後現代主義等哲學PHRASES➤the philosophy of history, religion, science, etc.歷史、宗教、科學等原理➡ note at subject(for verbs and nouns)philosophy
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2particular system of beliefs信仰體系ADJECTIVE | VERB + PHILOSOPHY | PHILOSOPHY + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤competing, differing相互衝突的信仰體系;不同的思想體系➤governing, guiding, prevailing指導思想;主流思想◇humanism-the prevailing philosophy today in the Western world人文主義 - 當今西方世界盛行的哲學思想體系➤basic, core, general, underlying基本思想;核心思想▸➤homespun, simple樸素的人生哲學◇the homespun philosophy that kept her going during this difficult period支撑她度過這一艱難時期的樸素的人生哲學➤personal個人理念➤corporate企業理念▸➤conservative, liberal保守的人生哲學;自由的生活態度▸➤design, economic, educational, management, market, political, religious, social設計理念;經濟原理;教育理念;管理理念;市場理念;政治思想體系;宗教思想體系;社會思想體系◇a furniture-maker's design philosophy傢具製造商的設計理念VERB + PHILOSOPHY➤develop, formulate發展人生哲學;創立思想體系◇Over the years he has developed his own personal philosophy.多年來,他已形成了一套自己的處世哲學。➤articulate表明人生哲學▸➤adopt, embrace, espouse, follow採納人生哲學;欣然接受思想體系➤share有同樣的理念◇We share the same guiding philosophy.我們的指導思想一致。➤reflect反映理念◇Does this in any way reflect your own philosophy?這是否以某種方式表明了你自己的哲學理念?➤reject放棄哲學體系➤base sth on基於⋯的理念◇These ideas are based on his political philosophy.這些想法基於他的政治理念。PHILOSOPHY + VERB➤guide sth, influence sth, inform sth, underlie sth, underpin sth思想體系指導⋯/影響⋯/左右⋯/貫穿⋯/支撑⋯◇the philosophy underlying the education system教育制度的根本理念PREPOSITION➤philosophy behind⋯背後的思想體系◇The new measures were introduced with no explanation of the philosophy behind them.新措施推行時沒有解釋其包含的理念。PHRASES➤a philosophy of life, a philosophy of mind人生/心靈哲學