Examples of natural philosophy in a Sentence
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Remember that a disproportionate contribution by the Arabs was in the domain of natural philosophy, the precursor to science.
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
My criticisms were in part grounded in my perspective as a specialist in the history of early modern natural philosophy.
—Justin E. H. Smith, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
Florin is an instructor in Goethean science, a natural philosophy derived from German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that takes a 360-degree approach to science and nature, emphasizes the intimate and intuitive experience between observer and the observed.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022
There, daily Bible study shared a dense curriculum with history, geography, mathematics, natural philosophy, Greek, Latin, music and rhetoric.
—Ian Zack, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
Prior to the modern era astrology and other pseudo-sciences were part of the body of natural philosophy.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
In 1687, Isaac Newton first published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
The word scientist itself was new, having only been coined in 1833, the result of a newly professionalizing discipline that was moving away from an older model of natural philosophy.
—Colin Dickey, The New Republic, 21 July 2021
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Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
My criticisms were in part grounded in my perspective as a specialist in the history of early modern natural philosophy.
—Justin E. H. Smith, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
Florin is an instructor in Goethean science, a natural philosophy derived from German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that takes a 360-degree approach to science and nature, emphasizes the intimate and intuitive experience between observer and the observed.
—Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 23 Apr. 2022
There, daily Bible study shared a dense curriculum with history, geography, mathematics, natural philosophy, Greek, Latin, music and rhetoric.
—Ian Zack, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
Prior to the modern era astrology and other pseudo-sciences were part of the body of natural philosophy.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2010
In 1687, Isaac Newton first published his Principia Mathematica, a three-volume work setting out his mathematical principles of natural philosophy.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
The word scientist itself was new, having only been coined in 1833, the result of a newly professionalizing discipline that was moving away from an older model of natural philosophy.
—Colin Dickey, The New Republic, 21 July 2021
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First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Natural philosophy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20philosophy. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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