philosopher
Example Sentences
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The “philosopher” in Wright’s paintings is what his time called a “natural philosopher.”
He has spoken to the world about his impending demise like a Christian philosopher of death—frank, unafraid, sometimes folksy, always graceful.
If David Nihill was a philosopher, his credo might be “I digress, therefore I am.”
From Los Angeles Times
“O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous,” Voltaire, the 18th-century French enlightenment philosopher, himself known for his bons mots, once wrote, adding: “God granted my prayer.”
Before that, consciousness studies was relegated to the humanities — philosophers, writers, artists.
From Los Angeles Times
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