natural philosophy
noun
natural philosopher
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a word derived from
natural philosophy.
Example Sentences
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The Renaissance natural philosopher Paracelsus is credited with a major insight of modern toxicology: the dose, not the substance, makes the poison.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
The relationship between the volume and pressure of a given amount of gas at constant temperature was first published by the English natural philosopher Robert Boyle over 300 years ago.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
The beginnings of this study can be traced to the 1920s, when archaeologists first excavated pits at Stonehenge called Aubrey holes, named after 17th-century natural philosopher John Aubrey.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2018
These included his tutor at Trinity College Dublin, natural philosopher St George Ashe; physician, satirist and Royal Society member John Arbuthnot; and Dublin schoolmaster and mathematician Thomas Sheridan.
From Nature ● Sep. 26, 2017
—Phathmus Mouzaive: natural philosopher; liked to declare that his field was no less than “the physical laws of the universe,” but whose focus, in reality, was somewhat narrower: magnetic fields.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
