philosophy
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I spent a year attending community college philosophy classes, and some of the best nights of my life have been spent standing outside a strip-mall GameStop.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
"These women were much more inclined to be more objective in ethics and thought that we needed a strong support for ethics in philosophy," Browning said.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
Her principles are based on the philosophy practiced by the Indian guru Meher Baba, her husband’s great-uncle, whose byword was empathy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
When he noticed people were taking the soap and skipping the sermon, he printed his beliefs on the label—30,000 words of ecstatic philosophy wedged alongside boasts about the product’s many uses: Tooth cleaning!
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
As a result, Descartes, indoctrinated with the Aristotelian philosophy, denied the existence of the vacuum.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing philosophy
All You Need is Love: Amor and Phil
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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"Creativity at Work" and "The Hidden Secrets of the Creative Mind"
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