Philosophy vs Aesthetic - What's the difference?
philosophy | aesthetic |
(uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom.
(uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism.
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(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.
To philosophize.
*, II.12:
Concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.
* 1881 , , Act I:
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
English
(wikipedia philosophy)Alternative forms
* philosophie (obsolete) * phylosophie (obsolete) * phylosophy (nonstandard)Noun
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
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* See alsoDerived terms
* analytic philosophy * antiphilosophy * continental philosophy * personal philosophy * philosophize * philosophy of mindVerb
- 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
* * ideologyaesthetic
English
Alternative forms
* *Adjective
(en adjective)- It works well enough, but the shabby exterior offends his aesthetic sensibilities.
- 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.