philosopher

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In his program note, Sharon quotes the doom-laden philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer as an inspiration for Wagner’s nothing-is-real masterpiece.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Jospin's widow, the philosopher Sylviane Agacinsky, 80, was in attendance.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Married in later life to the philosopher Syvliane Agacinski, who survives him, Jospin was respected as an honest – if somewhat technocratic – left-wing leader.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Another candidate, Ayatollah Mohammad Mehdi Mirbagheri, is an Islamic philosopher and theoretician.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

So if people generally believe that mice are spontaneously generated in straw, then the task of the philosopher is to explain why this is so, not to question whether it is so.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton