philosophers
Example Sentences
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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
That, at least, has been the contention of most philosophers, theologians, novelists and nearly every person counted as wise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
These world-historical individuals were “practical, political men” of action, not philosophers.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
Jürgen Habermas, one of the most influential philosophers and public intellectuals in post-war Germany, has died aged 96.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Descriptions moved easily from the physical to the symbolic and were incomplete without a range of references to poets and philosophers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
