natural philosopher
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnaturalandphilosopher
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natural
adjective
uk/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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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 ofnaturalandphilosopherfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Only recently have historians begun to see how natural philosophers of this period incorporated occult qualities in their discourse rather than excluding them.
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Towards the end of the seventeenth century, a new scientific persona entered the consciousness of natural philosophers and their nascent public.
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To many, experimental talk of souls seemed to smack of precisely that atheism which these natural philosophers claimed to have refuted.
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These powerful, unified nations offered a site where experimental natural philosophers could congregate - both publicly and privately.
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According to their publicists, natural philosophers would enjoy a special role in a future millennial state, and deserved special privileges in the here and now.
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Collaboration might reshape the identity of thenaturalphilosopheras a pillar of civil society.
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The human being's state of health was not irrelevant to thenaturalphilosopher.
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Second, did he qualify as anaturalphilosopher?
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About the same time, physicians took great pains to clarify the different activities of the physician and thenaturalphilosopheras regards health and illness.
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But the truth, knowledge of the essence of things, was the proper domain of thenaturalphilosopher.
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At some point in her early thirties she began to envision herself as anaturalphilosopher.
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That is, thenaturalphilosopherstrove to understand of any given thing what it was in itself - what it was its purpose to be.
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During these years his career as anaturalphilosopherbegan to take off.
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He was anaturalphilosopher, concerned with the economy of nature and obsessed with an idea of unity, in theology and in nature.
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As late as the eighteenth century, however, anaturalphilosopherwould believe that a magnet had to be pointing directly at something.
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Of course, it was precisely this deceptive quality of sensory information that contemporary moral and natural philosophers harped upon.
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Investigation into the nature of ' second-sight ' was a matter of vital concern to many of the devout natural philosophers of the time.
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He afterwards won for himself a reputation as a scientist, mathematician,naturalphilosopherand chemist besides being renowned for his piety, learning, breadth of mind and benevolence of heart.
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In their place, natural philosophers would favor experimentation and modern scholarship.
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Few natural philosophers gave up the ambition to understand the objects and events underlying their measures.
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