PHILOSOPH'IC PHILOSOPH'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to philosophy; as a philosophical experiment or problem. 1. Proceeding from philosophy; as philosophic price. 2. Suitable to philosophy; according to philosophy; as philosophical reasoning or arguments. 3. Skilled in philosophy; as a philosophical historian. 4. Given to philosophy; as a philosophical mind. 5. Regulated by philosophy or the rules of reason; as philosophic fare. 6. Calm; cool; temperate; rational; such as characterizes a philosopher.
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