The love for knowladge. The longing for it.
Socrotes brought it into homes of men and ignorance and self destruction drove it out. The perfection of human nature. The ability to take any event and look at it with a rational and open minded point of view without being subjective. Remaining calm threw any tragedy and appreciating beauty in everything.
Shane: Wow stop and look at the clouds and the sky and the pure innocence of nature.
Dave: {laughing} Thats so funny.
Shane: It hurts how much you dont know but it is just philosophy helping me appreciate life.
Dave: What?
by shane, teenage philosospher September 6, 2008
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(n) A conclusion formulated in the absence of a definite answer, based on assumptions, values, and experience. Conclusions are rational, but their basis is not, due to a lack of information.
Conservatism and Liberalism are examples of philosophy - neither can be objectively judged to be correct.
by didds March 21, 2004
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pointless verbose bloviating

mind and ego masturbation often to a state of ecstatic psyche ejaculation which often splashes onto ignorant passers by who are very often easily impressed by this process due to their own woeful ignorance

a bullshit artist (see standup philosopher)
philosophy is tantamount to fucking yourself in your own ass through meditation and yoga

usually philosphy leads to mass murder on the grandest scale
by sick fucks February 17, 2005
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A study of meaningless things for no apparent reason, funded by you... the taxpayer.
you are philosophising again....
by yev June 7, 2003
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The theoretical ramblings of dead people. Can and has been used to justify anything and everything from communism to nazism. Many of the so-called 'enlightenment' philosophers quoted today were the same ones Hitler read. Can reason from a preposition, but cannot tell weather the preposition is true or not, so its useless. The love of human "reason", which always leads to trouble.
Tim quoted the philosopher to appear smart at the diner party.
by Betterthanyouguy November 11, 2004
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