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— William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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philosophise

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/fi-LO-suh-fahyz/

To ponder or reason out philosophically.

In a Sentence

“During the debate, she began to philosophise about the nature of truth and justice.”

Origin

From Greek philosophia ‘love of wisdom’, via Latin philosophia.

Common Phrases

. philosophiseupon philosophisenaturalis philosophisephilosophise principiaphilosophise consolatione

Synonyms

philosophize

Antonyms

ignore

Related Words

philosophisingintellectualisemoralisetheorisemoralizetheologizeruminate

Poetry examples for “philosophise”

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