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philosopher

noun as in deep thinker

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A lesser artist might have been crushed by its conceptual weight – singing in 14 languages, over four movements, inspired by the mystical writings of French philosopher Simone Weil – but somehow she avoids the trap.

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With apologies to Ms. Field, this descent has done far more to birth the “furious minds” of the New Right than the speculations of philosophers and intellectuals.

The plaque that previously labelled the statue read "author, poet, scholar, soldier, jurist, orator, philanthropist and philosopher".

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As early as the 12th and 13th centuries, philosophers such as St. Thomas Aquinas identified reason as the home of God’s image in every person.

Masli asks what the philosopher Simone Weil thought was the essential question of being a loving neighbor: “What are you going through?”

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