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philosopher

[fi-los-uh-fer] / fɪˈlɒs ə fər /
NOUN
deep thinker
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Godin's target of choice over the years was the flamboyant French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy, hit no fewer than eight times between 1985 and 2015, not counting copycat attacks by others around the world.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

On July 21, 2026, Nathan Cofnas, an American philosopher working at Ghent University in Belgium, wrote a Substack post detailing how he submitted Arday’s 2015 dissertation to Copyleaks, a plagiarism detection platform.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

As birthday advice to America, they would no doubt endorse the words of famed American philosopher Clint Eastwood: “Improvise, adapt, and overcome.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Lee, who saw himself not only as an actor but also as a poet and philosopher, encountered repeated barriers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

The British philosopher Bertrand Russell “discovered to my horror that average men and women were delighted at the prospect of war.”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

The philosophers are not claiming that such exotic life definitely exists.

From Science Daily Jun. 24, 2026

Since we—the authors of this essay—are philosophers, maybe you’d expect us to say it’s important to do all these virtuous things for the right reasons.

From Slate May 15, 2026

In discovering the Big Bang, in other words, science itself has walked us to the doorstep of what philosophers called the Prime Mover.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

These world-historical individuals were “practical, political men” of action, not philosophers.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2026

Thus we suddenly find sailors and jewellers being asked to resolve disputes between philosophers and gentlemen.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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