“philosophia”

The following 2 entries include the term philosophia.

philosophia perennis

noun, sometimes capitalized both P's

: a group of universal philosophical problems, principles, and ideas (as concepts of God, freedom, and immortality) that perennially constitutes the primary subject matter of philosophical thought : the foundations of Roman Catholic Christian principles especially as philosophically formulated by St. Thomas Aquinas and Neothomists

philosophia prima

noun

: first philosophy


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