natural philosopher
- a word derived from natural philosophy.
Example Sentences
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Inductive reasoning, on the other hand, played an important role in the work of the English natural philosopher Francis Bacon.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
“Like Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein,” she added, “he is a natural philosopher who unites a curiosity about the behavior of nature with a playful and profound philosophical mind.”
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2022
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
A contemporary of William Shakespeare, Harriot was an English mathematician, astronomer and natural philosopher whose original work bears comparison with that of Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei.
From Nature ● Apr. 16, 2019
—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
