Thesaurus / philosophical
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Covid-19 has triggered economists to rethink their profession all the way from the philosophical down to the practical.
ECON 3.0? WHAT ECONOMISTS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO (AND LEARN FROM) THE PANDEMICCLAIRE BEATTYSEPTEMBER 28, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThis is the philosophical quest for the ground of moral truth.
THE UNIVERSE KNOWS RIGHT FROM WRONG - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDEPHILIP GOFFSEPTEMBER 9, 2020NAUTILUSI do a lot of reading on different spiritual and philosophical traditions.
QUEERY: KERRY HALLETTSTAFF REPORTSSEPTEMBER 2, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEI was waiting for the words to come out of my mouth, elegantly framing something philosophical and profound.
‘THE DREAM ARCHITECTS’: INSIDE THE MAKING OF GAMING’S BIGGEST FRANCHISESRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 1, 2020FORTUNEThe panelists fielded a range of questions, from the philosophical to the tactical.
WATCH: AN EXPERT PANEL OFFERS ADVICE ON HOW TO BUILD ANTIRACIST COMPANIESHEATHER LANDYAUGUST 14, 2020QUARTZMartyrdoms do not occur for ethical generalizations, much less for philosophical affirmations.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYIt struck me that he was uncommonly philosophical about it, so I merely grunted and went on with my dinner.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRIt relates to ancient philosophical ideas concerning the spiritual and the material worlds.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYThis rather is, I should deem, the more perilous, and a plainer and better object for philosophical attack.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 177, MARCH 19, 1853VARIOUSHe was one of the lords of session in Scotland, and a philosophical writer of considerable learning, but of peculiar notions.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLWORDS RELATED TO PHILOSOPHICAL
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