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Philosophy vs Aesthetic - What's the difference?

philosophy | aesthetic |

As nouns the difference between philosophy and aesthetic

is that philosophy is the love of wisdom while aesthetic is the study of art or beauty.

As a verb philosophy

is to philosophize.

As an adjective aesthetic is

concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.

philosophy

Alternative forms

* philosophie (obsolete) * phylosophie (obsolete) * phylosophy (nonstandard)

Noun

  • (uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
  • (uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
  • * 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy , he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
  • (countable) A comprehensive system of belief.
  • (countable) A view or outlook regarding fundamental principles underlying some domain.
  • (countable) A general principle (usually moral).
  • (archaic) A broader branch of (non-applied) science.
  • Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * analytic philosophy * antiphilosophy * continental philosophy * personal philosophy * philosophize * philosophy of mind

    Verb

  • To philosophize.
  • *, II.12:
  • Plato hath (in my seeming) loved this manner of Philosophying , Dialogue wise in good earnest, that therby he might more decently place in sundry mouthes the diversity and variation of his owne conceits.

    See also

    * * ideology

    aesthetic

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.
  • It works well enough, but the shabby exterior offends his aesthetic sensibilities.
  • * 1881 , , Act I:
  • If you're anxious for to shine in the high aesthetic line as a man of culture rare,
    You must get up all the germs of the transcendental terms, and plant them everywhere.

    Synonyms

    * aesthetical * esthetic * tasteful

    Antonyms

    * inaesthetic * unaesthetic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The study of art or beauty.
  • That which appeals to the senses.
  • Derived terms

    * aesthetically * aesthetician * aesthetics * aesthete * aesthetisation

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