philosopher
US: /fəˈɫɑsəfɝ/
UK: /fɪlˈɒsəfɐ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
philosopher /fi'lɔsəfə/- danh từ
- nhà triết học
- người bình thản trong mọi hoàn cảnh; người có một triết lý sống
- moral philosopher
- nhà luân lý
- natural philosopher
- nhà khoa học tự nhiên
- philosophers'stone
- đá tạo vàng (loại đá tưởng tượng có thể biến mọi kim loại thành vàng)
- điều mơ hão
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a person who studies or writes about philosophy: the Greek philosopher Aristotle
2 a person who thinks deeply about things: He seems to be a bit of a philosopher.
Collocation
ADJ.
distinguished, eminent, famous, great
the great philosophers of ancient Greece
| ancient, classical | contemporary, modern | Eastern, Western | professional | experimental, legal, moral, natural
(historical),
political, social
a talk by a distinguished moral philosopher He called himself a ‘natural philosopher’: today we would say a ‘scientist’.
| sceptical
PHRASES
a philosopher of religion/science
Concise dictionary
philosophersfɪ'lɑsəfə(r) /-'lɒ-noun
+a specialist in philosophy
+a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity
