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philosophy of life

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noun

  1. any philosophical view or vision of the nature or purpose of life or of the way that life should be lived.

Etymology

Origin of philosophy of life

First recorded in 1850–55

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Some chapters in the Philosophy of life may be considered as one luminous commentary on that text.

From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Schlegel, Friedrich

In the Concordia for 1820, we find an outline of those lectures on the Philosophy of life, which the author delivered at Vienna, in the year 1827.

From The Philosophy of History, Vol. 1 of 2 by Schlegel, Friedrich

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