personal philosophy

collocation in English

meaningsofpersonalandphilosophy

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personal
adjective
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/ˈpɜː.sən.əl/us
/ˈpɝː.sən.əl/
relating or belonging to a single or particular person rather than to a group or ...
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philosophy
noun
uk
/fɪˈlɒs.ə.fi/us
/fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
the use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the principles of ...
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(Definition ofpersonalandphilosophyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These beliefs did not always reflect an organized religion but rather apersonalphilosophyof life.
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Perhaps in this day and age we each lack apersonalphilosophyin life.
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I shall quote my personal motto, which reflects mypersonalphilosophy.
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We have had an extremely good discussion and this is an expression of my ownpersonalphilosophyin this subject.
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Street to pontificate on hispersonalphilosophyin writing.
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I have made it part of mypersonalphilosophy.
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To hand out money right across the board, irrespective of whether the venture is going to be good or not, is against mypersonalphilosophy.
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She never, however, photographed sport, whether for technical reasons or because of herpersonalphilosophy.
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Each new book manifests the latest stage of hispersonalphilosophy.
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For him, the bicycle was the expression of apersonalphilosophy.
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She is said to have held on to herpersonalphilosophyof no marriage and no kids.
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I believe—and it is my ownpersonalphilosophyin my public life—that that plus would be found if small businesses would organise themselves as co-operative societies.
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He has been classed with the philosophic pragmatists, although pragmatism is what he attributed to the law, rather than hispersonalphilosophy.
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While serving the country under the most difficult circumstances, he developed a strongpersonalphilosophy relative to perseverance, goals and accomplishment.
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Lending substance to the phrase the style is the man, he has imparted, both in his and on the world stage, his quintessentiallypersonalphilosophyof modern politics.
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The term has taken on a more general meaning, indicating apersonalphilosophywhich includes being widely tolerant of other views, particularly (but not necessarily) on religious matters.
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