Philosopher vs Intellectual - What's the difference?
philosopher | intellectual |
A person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy.
* 2007 , (Harold Bloom), Bloom's Modern Critical Views: Stephen King
*:Their playwrights knew better. Scandal, murder, hair-rending and railing against the gods sold tickets. King is not a philosopher . He knows how to sell tickets.
* 1813 , (Jane Austen), (Pride and Prejudice)
*:This is not the sort of happiness which a man would in general wish to owe to his wife; but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
(obsolete) An alchemist.
Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.
Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.
Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.
Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.
(archaic, poetic) Spiritual.
* 1805 , William Wordsworth, The Prelude , Book II, lines 331-334 (eds. Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, & Stephen Gill, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1979):
An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
(archaic) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
As nouns the difference between philosopher and intellectual
is that philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy while intellectual is an intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.As an adjective intellectual is
belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.philosopher
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Alternative forms
* phylosopher (nonstandard)Noun
(en noun)- (Chaucer)
Antonyms
* nonphilosopherReferences
intellectual
Alternative forms
* intellectuall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life ...