philosophize

After Hal and Josie’s meet-cute, they see sights blandly, philosophize blandly, blandly tiptoe around the notion of romance, and criticize each other — yes, blandly, but with an occasional touch of “salty” language.

From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022

The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates claimed his daimon told him to philosophize so he could awaken the Athenian people.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

His writing, she added, made people “free to philosophize in a way that, to paraphrase Mills’ first intellectual hero Marx, seeks not merely to describe the world, but to transform it.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021

Socrates loved to stroll and philosophize, and Aristotle taught his classes while he walked up and down the walkways of the Lyceum.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2021

“Since you didn’t bring me here to philosophize, what business?”

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Late in the book, as Odenkirk describes landing more serious-acting gigs, he philosophizes about how actors work.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2022

A character philosophizes on the dizzying pace of change in the late 19th century: “We’ve no say as to the pace of modernity’s advance. I myself am merely its vessel, a humble foot soldier …”

From Salon ● May 31, 2019

“America,” Wednesday philosophizes from the passenger seat, “is the only country in the world that wonders what it is.”

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2017

“We that are young shall never see so much,” Edgar philosophizes as the play comes to a close, its devastation complete.

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2011

You know not how it elevates the spirits and, so to speak, philosophizes the whole system of man.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

"To be a ketchup enthusiast and say tomatoes are trash would be like saying you like peanut butter but hate peanuts," yet another user philosophized.

From Fox News ● Mar. 21, 2022

Poland President Andrzej Duda said he was humbled by the virus and philosophized about global recovery.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021

Internet-connected photography, he philosophized, necessitated a “a reinvention of the camera.”

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2017

As the G20 summit ended, Mr. Obama philosophized, “I think we all have to recognize these are turbulent times. A lot of countries are seeing volatile politics.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 5, 2016

Samuel may have thought and played and philosophized about death, but he did not really believe in it.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Right before his 19th birthday, Rosenzweig wrote in his diary: “You believe you are philosophizing but you are only writing your own biography.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

He soon found out that there are millions of people in this country who are not impressed with his adolescent philosophizing.

From Salon ● May 21, 2025

At times, the series and the star’s media appearances felt as if they were in conversation with each other, with Seinfeld philosophizing about comedy and “Hacks” providing dissents.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

A few wisps of plot materialize in between sips of wine and dollops of philosophizing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

Burnet’s argument was met with widespread horror; as Herbert Croft, the bishop of Hereford, put it, ‘This way of philosophizing all from natural causes, I fear, will make the whole world turn scoffers.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton