philosopher

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Then the conversation peters out as we try to explain what “woke” means, which is difficult enough even when you’re not talking to a dead 19th-century philosopher.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

God had found a voice,” wrote philosopher Roger Scruton, “and the voice was English.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

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

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, David Hume, for example, argued that suicide did not transgress a person's duty "to God, our neighbour, or ourselves".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

“He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day