Sentence examples for defined philosophy from inspiring English sources

The Next Wave is a marketing tool rather than a festival with a defined philosophy.

In his Principles, Descartes defined philosophy as "the study of wisdom" or "the perfect knowledge of all one can know".

It was easy to argue that at the initiative's core, in place of any clearly defined philosophy or strategy, was only a puff of enthusiasm.

These restrictions, they argued, marginalized pluralist philosophers and, more important, excluded the great perennial questions that had defined philosophy from Plato to Hegel.

Above all the collection reveals that Blau's mind was encyclopedic, that he defined philosophy and religion broadly and then sought to become an expert on both.

In his Principles, Descartes defined philosophy as "the study of wisdom" or "the perfect knowledge of all one can know". Its chief utility is "for the conduct of life" (morals), "the conservation of health" (medicine), and "the invention of all the arts" (mechanics).

The dictionary defines "philosophy" as "the study of the fundamental nature of reality, knowledge and existence".

It would be difficult if not impossible to find two philosophers who would define philosophy in exactly the same way.

The actors in Bresson's Mouchette or Dumont's La Vie de Jésus are but one component of those films' defining philosophy and meaning; removed from that context, their performances have no meaning.

Now it is of course very difficult to define "philosophy," but if we think of it broadly as systematic reflection on the nature of reality and on humanity's place in that reality, then it is clear that Europe can make no special claim to be the home of philosophy.

Here Hobbes defines philosophy as knowledge acquired by correct reasoning.