as in theorist
a person who expresses a theory in a particular area of experience
a philosopher of freedom
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Born in Paris in 1909, to Jewish parents, Weil was a philosopher, an activist, and a kind of ascetic-mystic who revered Greek tragedy and Homer.
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Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
And greater philosophers than many who have dedicated their life to this subject.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
More from the The Ethicist Newsletter The Ethicist Advice on life’s trickiest situations and moral dilemmas from the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 21 May 2025
There's bits of Andreessen and David Sacks and some of those philosopher types.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
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Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
And greater philosophers than many who have dedicated their life to this subject.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
More from the The Ethicist Newsletter The Ethicist Advice on life’s trickiest situations and moral dilemmas from the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 21 May 2025
There's bits of Andreessen and David Sacks and some of those philosopher types.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for philosopher
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Jaws was released just as critics and political theorists were examining the growing impact of degreed experts on the United States’ economy and culture.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2025
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Richard Veasey, The Future Lasts Forever: A Memoir The French political theorist Althusser famously murdered his wife and, deemed mentally unfit, avoided a trial and was assigned a guardian.—
Diana Arterian
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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Brittany Piper, a 36-year-old Somatic Experiencing® practitioner and author of Body-First Healing, has sparked widespread discussion online with her viral video dissecting why our lives today seem to be overwhelming the human nervous system.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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As chair of the firm’s National Security Practice, Rod leads a team of former US government officials, former prosecutors, trade practitioners, and data privacy and cyber lawyers.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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Her expertise as the Senate’s interpreter of arcane chamber rules cannot be easily replaced with a party loyalist, and her day-to-day duties are nonpartisan in nature, even if she was appointed in 2012 by then-Democratic Leader Harry Reid.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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The financial advisor of the future is also a data interpreter.—
Swati Deepak Kumar,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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“Philosopher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philosopher. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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