Synonyms:
philosophic, philosophical
Meaning: of or relating to philosophy or philosophers; "philosophical writing"; "a considerable knowledge of philosophical terminology"
Synonyms:
philosophical, philosophic
Meaning: characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment; "philosophical resignation"; "a philosophic attitude toward life"
Usage examples
OF MORALITY TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL
They were to the full as ridiculous as his philosophical pretensions.
They were a sun-tanned, philosophical lot, who sometimes shot reflectively at the blue pickets.
And thus they distribute male and female breeders of the best natures according to philosophical rules.
In regard to such knowledge, philosophical criticism does not require that we should abstain from belief.
This I shall endeavour to interpret, by developing to the best of my ability the laconism of the philosophical naturalist.
Painfully and with enforced mental readjustments, they began a philosophical search for excuses and justifications for the idea.
Some will think it improbable that a human soul swinging desperately in mid-air should think about philosophical inconsistencies.
There is nothing more just, nothing more reasonable, nothing more philosophical apparently, than the motives which gave rise to this reform.
These philosophical remarks rather astonished Dora, who was not yet accustomed to the contrast between Jack's sage reflections and his tender years.