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philosopher

[fi-los-uh-fer] / fɪˈlɒs ə fər /
NOUN
deep thinker
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The philosopher, lawyer and reformist member of Colombia's main opposition party considers Uribe her "father."

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Projects on “Victorian poets,” a “German theologian,” a “German philosopher,” “British philosophers,” an “English philosopher and mathematician,” and an “Italian composer” were worthy of preservation.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

Bernard Suits, a philosopher who focused on sports, disagreed, and he drew on Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper in his inventive rebuttal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"The specific name lii honors Li Er, the ancient Chinese philosopher better known as Laozi," said the research team, led by Bo Cai.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

For the claim to be the duke’s philosopher, see the title page to the Consideratione of 1579; for the claim to be his mathematician, the title page of the De temporum emendatione opinio of 1578.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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