Philosophical

‘I imagine, ’ he said, ‘that no sort of activity is likely to be lasting if it is not founded on self-interest, that’s a universal principle, a philosophical principle, ’ he said, repeating the word ‘philosophical’ with determination, as though wishing to show that he had as much right as any one else to talk of philosophy. ❋ Unknown (1917)

The suggestion won't end the debate over Dos Santos's roster decisions, which he called a philosophical matter. ❋ Andrew Bates (2009)

ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE each year I sat Ian down for what I called a philosophical discussion about archaeology. ❋ MICHAEL BALTER (2005)

As such a way of looking is supposed to be both comprehensive and orderly, it is more or less what we call philosophical, but the points of view are so special and so various that the result is not always what we call a philosophical system. ❋ Charles Eliot (1896)

Shelley, however, did not despair of succeeding in making Byron some day give up what he termed his philosophical errors, and his persistency earned for him the appellation of "serpent" which Byron gave him in jest. ❋ Teresa Guiccioli (1836)

While auFeminin relies heavily on Google's search engine as a source of traffic, Ms. Sauty de Chalon was quick to point out what she described as philosophical differences between auFeminin and U.S. ❋ By ERIC PFANNER (2010)

Kuhn's Protoscience A stage in the development of a science that is described by: • somewhat random fact gathering (mainly of readily accessible data) • a "morass" of interesting, trivial, irrelevant observations • A variety of theories (that are spawned from what he calls philosophical speculation) that provide little guidance to data gathering only the wisest and stupidest of men never change Confucius ❋ BSides (2010)

She says the board had many issues with the proposal, including accessibility, preserving green space and what she describes as a philosophical change for the block, which was set aside to preserve intellectual freedom and freedom of speech. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Worse, states with easy-to-obtain philosophical exemptions had twice as many children suffering from pertussis — - a disease that causes inflammation of the windpipe and breathing tubes, pneumonia and, in about twenty infants every year, death — than states with hard-to-obtain philosophical exemptions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Teen biology being what it is, thus ended (quickly) my experiment in philosophical duality. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though I suppose he made his place in philosophical history by leading English-speaking philosophy down two distinct dead-end roads: logical positivism, and ordinary language philosophy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Later the book bogs down in philosophical discussions about the nature of ugliness and a dissection of misleading facial expressions. ❋ Ellen McCarthy (2010)

Since novels and short stories inherently equivocate, unavoidably qualify and make ambiguous anything that might be straightforwardly "said," anyone who wants to "comment" on social life or engage in philosophical speculation would be well advised to do so more directly than fiction allows. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When I think of films with austere aesthetics, some which come to mind are films directed by Akira Kurosawa, such as Kagemusha, and they possess a certain philosophical detachment, a sort of heightened perspective, which is not necessarily as present in Fight Club. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In my opinion truly experimental or innovative or adventurous fiction attempts to expand the possibilities of fiction as a literary form and does so for the sake of the form itself, not to amplify social or cultural criticism or to intervene in philosophical debates (although these things might be an indirect effect, as is often enough the case in all worthwhile fiction). ❋ Unknown (2010)

We did not want to distract ourselves from the beauty of the countryside with its passing scenery by indulging in philosophical lore and speculation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

D'Espagnat accepts that there is a world which exists independently of experience, observation, and measurement, and in philosophical terms he is therefore a realist. ❋ Gordon McCabe (2009)