Chapter Perverseness to Pickedness of P by Soule's Synonymes

Philomath, n.

1. Scholar, lover of learning.

Philomel, Philomela, n. Nightingale (Luscinia philomela).

Philosophe, n. Philosopher, petty philosopher, puny philosopher (used in contempt.

Philosopher, n.

1. Searcher after truth, student of first principles, seeker of wisdom.

2. Theorist, theorizer, man of abstractions, speculator.

Philosophic, Philosophical, a.

1. Of philosophy.

2. Of a philosopher, of philosophers.

3. Wise, rational, reasonable, sound.

4. Calm, cool, collected, composed, unruffled, sedate, serene, tranquil, imperturbable, stoical, Platonic.

5. Temperate, frugal, abstemious.

Philosophy, n.

1. Science of causes or first principles, science of the absolute, the science of sciences.

2. Principles (of any department of knowledge), laws.

3. Hypothesis, theory, system, doctrine.

4. Stoicism, practical wisdom, equanimity.

5. Reasoning, argumentation.

Philosophy of the academy. Philosophy of Plato, Platonic Philosophy.

Philosophy of the garden. Philosophy of Epicurus, Epicurean philosophy.

Philosophy of the lyceum. Philosophy of Aristotle, peripatetic philosophy.