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(1):

(n.) Practical wisdom; calmness of temper and judgment; equanimity; fortitude; stoicism; as, to meet misfortune with philosophy.

(2):

(n.) A treatise on philosophy.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) A particular philosophical system or theory; the hypothesis by which particular phenomena are explained.

(5):

(n.) The course of sciences read in the schools.

(6):

(n.) Reasoning; argumentation.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Philosophy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/philosophy.html. 1828.
 
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