philosopher
Example Sentences
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“O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous,” Voltaire, the 18th-century French enlightenment philosopher, himself known for his bons mots, once wrote, adding: “God granted my prayer.”
Before that, consciousness studies was relegated to the humanities — philosophers, writers, artists.
From Los Angeles Times
Sayers commended the philosopher for anticipating “the great modern theory of fair-play” that defined these works: The author must present all the clues necessary for solving the mystery while misleading the reader about their import.
He sounds thoughtful now, like a philosopher musing about the meaning of life.
From Literature
"The concept of time has troubled philosophers and physicists for thousands of years, and the advent of quantum mechanics has not simplified the problem," says Professor Hugo Dil, a physicist at EPFL.
From Science Daily
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