philosophical tradition

collocation in English

meaningsofphilosophicalandtradition

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philosophical
adjective
uk
/ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌfɪl.əˈsɑː.fɪ.kəl/
relating to the study or writing ...
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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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(Definition ofphilosophicalandtraditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most of the book consists of the elucidation of thisphilosophicaltradition.
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There is a longphilosophicaltraditionaffirming the value of participation by ordinary people in civic and public affairs.
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But having noticed that thephilosophicaltraditionhad been unable to respond to the crisis of modern consciousness, he felt the need for a fresh start.
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On the other hand is an equally longphilosophicaltraditionof ' pure ' scholarship for its own sake, in which the only motivation was a desire to understand language better.
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In thephilosophicaltraditionof the west passion is often placed in opposition to reason.
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Many of these intellectuals and scholars created aphilosophicaltraditionin these cities.
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He considered rhetoric to be the central intellectual discipline, slighting other aspects of thephilosophicaltradition.
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He sees his own major contribution as being the promotion of understanding of humanist ethics deriving from thephilosophicaltradition.
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Primarily, the concept aims to argue against the commonphilosophicaltraditionto summarize all kinds of living beings under the category nature.
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