philosopher

In a sentence

Six example sentences with philosopher, each labelled with its topic.

• A Greek philosopher walked the market asking merchants to define justice, and most of them left angry.

  History

• The lab hired a philosopher to ask what a self driving car should owe a person who steps out suddenly.

  Technology

• Every novel in the series hides a philosopher in the background, raising the questions the detective is too busy to consider.

  Literature

• Adam Smith was a moral philosopher before he wrote about markets, and his first book was about sympathy.

  Economics

• Plato wanted a philosopher to rule the city, arguing that only someone who loves truth could be trusted with power.

  Politics

• The hospital ethics board includes a philosopher who asks what the patient would want, not what the chart allows.

  Medicine

Found in these word lists

Found in 2 published word listsAuthoritative

• Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)
• New Academic Word List (Browne/Culligan/Phillips 2013)

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