"philosophical digression" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a tangent or deviation from the main topic of a piece of writing, where the author delves into philosophical ideas or concepts. It is often used in academic writing, essays, and discussions of literature. Example: "The novelist's inclusion of a lengthy philosophical digression on the nature of free will disrupted the flow of the story, but added depth and complexity to the characters' actions and motivations."
Soon, however, he found that the novel provided a suitable structure for his style of writing, enabling both psychological analysis of character and philosophical digression.
But it's possible to see Conrad chafing at the constraints of realist storytelling in his use of philosophical digression — and hinting at future priorities in the book's final paragraphs, which shift from a collective viewpoint with moments of omniscience, a "we" that behaves like a "he," to an unabashed first person: "I never saw one of them again".
And radio is not the ideal medium for Grossman's philosophical digressions.
But its morbid turns, philosophical digressions and florid, often verselike syntax make it better suited to adults than to children.
Among Gorky's other defects, in addition to his weakness for philosophical digressions, is a certain coarseness of emotional grain.
With his long, philosophical digressions and general doom-laden disposition, Cohle seems the more outwardly enigmatic of the pair.
The overly complicated plot line is often interrupted by philosophical digressions; sometimes the book reads more like a fictionalized treatise on love than a novel.
Cyclogeography is an enjoyable account of a hair-raising life as a London cycle courier interspersed with two-wheeled philosophical digressions.
Designed to mimic its theme of cultural overload in its construction, its narrative shape is on the verge of constant collapse under the weight of so many philosophical digressions, colourful anecdotes and other bricolage.
There is the same large canvas, the same method of depicting the life of the entire country through the lives of some intertwined, interrelated, but far-flung characters, the same occasional philosophical digressions.
Mr. McCarthy's book, for all its usual high-literary trappings (many philosophical digressions, no quotation marks), is one of his pulpier efforts, as well as one of his funniest.
