great philosopher
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgreatandphilosopher
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great
adjective
uk/ɡreɪt/us/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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philosopher
noun[C]
uk/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fər/us/fɪˈlɑː.sə.fɚ/
someone who studies or writes about the meaning ...
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(Definition ofgreatandphilosopherfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He states that ' an interpretation that has agreatphilosopherembracing an explicit contradiction is one of last resort ' (207).
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I remember the adage of agreatphilosopher, that you should so act that you can universalise the law of your maxim.
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He was not only a university man; he was agreatphilosopher.
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Agreatphilosopheronce wrote that life was made up of expectations and disappointments, more of the latter than the former.
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That is belated thinking by thegreatphilosopher.
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We all know of thegreatphilosopherwho said of the institution of matrimony that those outside the institution wanted to get in, and those inside wanted to get out.
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I believe he was agreatphilosopher.
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I think that we can claim that we hold the same opinion as thegreatphilosopheron individualism, who was opposed to us in almost every other respect.
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What historians do agree upon is that the condemnations allowed science to consider possibilities that thegreatphilosophernever envisioned.
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One day, the protagonists seek out a dervish known as agreatphilosopherof the land.
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He argues that in their moral treatises, theologians and great philosophers have often effectively employed incredible fables that were patently untrue.
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It is difficult to imagine that the errors of great philosophers are simply the result of elementary logical mistakes.
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In the new republic of philosophy, the public space arose through writing and transaction; great philosophers were disciplined observers whose manual labor included writing and drawing.
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Indeed, one does not have to look much further than the great philosophers of the 19th century.
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They were great musicians, great philosophers, great poets.
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Oh, there are some great philosophers on the other side—it is amazing to sit here and listen to them.
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The great philosophers of liberty in the 18th and 19th centuries always argued that no liberty should be exercised beyond the point where other people's liberties are infringed.
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He understands, perhaps as some theoreticians and great philosophers do not, that development begins with people and not with economic models, gigantic aid budgets, hydro-electric dams and so forth.
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