English-Thai Dictionary

philosophy

N วิชา ปรัชญา  wi-cha-pad-cha-ya

 

philosophy

N หลัก ปรัชญา  หลัก ความจริง ของ ชีวิต  axiom truth lak-pad-cha-ya

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PHILOSOPHY

n.[L. philosophia; Gr. love, to love, and wisdom. ] 1. Literally, the love of wisdom. But in modern acceptation, philosophy is a general term denoting an explanation of the reasons of things; or an investigation of the causes of all phenomena both of mind and of matter. When applied to any particular department of knowledge, it denotes the collection of general laws or principles under which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating to that subject, are comprehended. Thus, that branch of philosophy which treats of God, etc. is called theology; that which treats of nature, is called physics or natural philosophy; that which treats of man is called logic and ethics, or moral philosophy; that which treats of the mind is called intellectual or mental philosophy, or metaphysics.
The objects of philosophy are to ascertain facts or truth, and the causes of things or their phenomena; to enlarge our views of God and his works, and to render our knowledge of both practically useful and subservient to human happiness.
True religion and true philosophy must ultimately arrive at the same principle.
2. Hypothesis or system on which natural effects are explained.
We shall in vain interpret their words by the notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our schools.
3. Reasoning; argumentation.
4. Course of sciences read in the schools.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHILOSOPHY

Phi *los "o *phy, n.; pl. Philosophies. Etym: [OE. philosophie, F.philosophie, L. philosophia, from Gr. Philosopher. ]

 

1. Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.

 

Note: When applied to any particular department of knowledge, philosophy denotes the general laws or principles under which all the subordinate phenomena or facts relating to that subject are comprehended. Thus philosophy, when applied to God and the divine government, is called theology; when applied to material objects, it is called physics; when it treats of man, it is called anthropology and psychology, with which are connected logic and ethics; when it treats of the necessary conceptions and relations by which philosophy is possible, it is called metaphysics.

 

Note: "Philosophy has been defined: tionscience of things divine and human, and the causes in which they are contained; -- the science of effects by their causes; -- the science of sufficient reasons; -- the science of things possible, inasmuch as they are possible; -- the science of things evidently deduced from first principles; -- the science of truths sensible and abstract; -- the application of reason to its legitimate objects; -- the science of the relations of all knowledge to the necessary ends of human reason; -- the science of the original form of the ego, or mental self; -- the science of science; -- the science of the absolute; -- the scienceof the absolute indifference of the ideal and real. " Sir W. Hamilton.

 

2. A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained. [Books ] of Aristotle and his philosophie. Chaucer. We shall in vain interpret their words by the notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our school. Locke.

 

3. Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy. Then had he spent all his philosophy. Chaucer.

 

4. Reasoning; argumentation. Of good and evil much they argued then, ... Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy. Milton.

 

5. The course of sciences read in the schools. Johnson.

 

6. A treatise on philosophy. Philosophy of the Academy, that of Plato, who taught his disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy. -- Philosophy of the Garden, that of Epicurus, who taught in a garden in Athens. -- Philosophy of the Lyceum, that of Aristotle, the founder of the Peripatetic school, who delivered his lectures in the Lyceum at Athens. -- Philosophy of the Porch, that of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so called because Zeno of Citium and his successors taught in the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in Athens.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

philosophy

phi los o phy |fəˈläsəfē fəˈlɑsəfi | ▶noun ( pl. philosophies ) the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, esp. when considered as an academic discipline. See also natural philosophy. • a set of views and theories of a particular philosopher concerning such study or an aspect of it: Schopenhauer ’s philosophy. • the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience: the philosophy of science. • a theory or attitude held by a person or organization that acts as a guiding principle for behavior: don't expect anything and you won't be disappointed, that's my philosophy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French philosophie, via Latin from Greek philosophia ‘love of wisdom. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

philosophy

phil |oso ¦phy |fɪˈlɒsəfi | ▶noun ( pl. philosophies ) 1 [ mass noun ] the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. See also natural philosophy. • [ count noun ] a particular system of philosophical thought: the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle. • the study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience: the philosophy of science. 2 a theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour: don't expect anything and you won't be disappointed, that's my philosophy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French philosophie, via Latin from Greek philosophia ‘love of wisdom ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

philosophy

philosophy noun 1 the philosophy of Aristotle: thinking, thought, reasoning. 2 her political philosophy: beliefs, credo, convictions, ideology, ideas, thinking, notions, theories, doctrine, tenets, principles, views, school of thought; informal ism.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

philosophy

philosophy noun 1 a lecturer in philosophy: thinking, reasoning, thought, wisdom, knowledge. 2 I'd like to see your philosophy in action: beliefs, credo, faith, convictions, ideology, ideas, thinking, notions, theories, doctrine, tenets, values, principles, ethics, attitude, line, view, viewpoint, outlook, world view, school of thought; German Weltanschauung.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

philosophy

phi los o phy /fəlɑ́səfi |-lɔ́s -/ (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 〖philo (愛すること )sophy (知 ); 〗→phone 1 語源 (名 )philosopher, (形 )philosophic 名詞 複 -phies /-z /1 U 哲学 ▸ empirical [practical ] philosophy 経験 [実践 ]哲学 ▸ moral philosophy 道徳哲学 〘今日の倫理学 〙▸ natural philosophy 自然哲学 〘今日の物理学 〙2 C 人生観 , (個人的な )物の見方 ▸ My philosophy is to do the best I can in everything .私は何事にも最善を尽くす主義だ 3 C (学問の一分野の )一般理論 , 哲学 ; 原理 ▸ the philosophy of history 歴史哲学 ▸ the philosophy of grammar 文法の原理 4 U (人生に対する )悟り ; 落ち着き , 冷静 ; あきらめ .