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# philosophical

adjective (philosophical; adverb philosophically)

«philosophical» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To do with philosophy — thinking deeply about big questions like what is true, right or real. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#m1)
2. Calm and accepting when something bad happens: «He was philosophical about losing.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school: philosophy for children (P4C) asks philosophical questions — «Is it ever OK to lie?» In stories: Rat or Badger may be philosophical, accepting things calmly. Phrase: be philosophical about something.

### Examples

- «Do animals think?» is a philosophical question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x1)
- He was philosophical about missing the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x2)
- We had a philosophical chat about friendship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x3)
- Badger took the news philosophically. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x4)
- The book has a philosophical feel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x5)
- Alice's Cheshire Cat makes philosophical jokes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x6)
- He refused to accept his teacher's philosophical tenets on the mere ground of their traditional authority. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/#x7)

### Note

From philosophy. Spelling: ph- at the start and in the middle sounds f: phil-o-SOF-ical.

## In Jewish tradition

In the writings about Sefer Yetzirah it describes the book as a work of deep thought about how the world was made.

**Interpretation.** Scholars call it among the oldest Hebrew works of this kind, though tradition treats it also as a mystical book.

### Examples

- The "Sepher Yetzirah," or "Book of Formation," is perhaps the oldest philosophical treatise which is yet extant in the Hebrew language. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/philosophical/#x1)
- The Pythagorean philosophy is the greatest enigma of all philosophical systems of antiquity. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/philosophical/#x2)
- On this point endless dis- cussions arose; and it has even been disputed whether they are designed to express theological, philosophical, or physical mysteries. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/philosophical/#x3)

### Note

From philosophy. Spelling: ph- at the start and in the middle sounds f: phil-o-SOF-ical.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «philosophical» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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