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philosophia perennis

philosophia perennis noun: a supposed essential core of philosophical beliefs epitomized in various writers from different temporal and geographic zones.

Noun

philosophia perennis (uncountable)

  1. A supposed essential core of philosophical beliefs epitomized in various writers from different temporal and geographic zones.
    • But what we are able to conclude about the meaning of the philosophia perennis in modern philosophy, based on the writings of the various philosophers mentioned here, is at once limited and tenuous.1997, William W Quinn, The Only Tradition, New York, page 81

Synonyms of philosophia perennis

Origin of philosophia perennis

From Latin philosophia (“philosophy”) + perennis (“perennial”).

Questions about philosophia perennis

What does philosophia perennis mean?
Philosophia perennis means a supposed essential core of philosophical beliefs epitomized in various writers from different temporal and geographic zones.
What part of speech is philosophia perennis?
Philosophia perennis is a noun.

Words near philosophia perennis in the dictionary

  1. philosophers' wool
  2. philosophership
  3. philosophes
  4. philosophess
  5. philosophesses
  6. philosophia perennis
  7. philosophic
  8. philosophical
  9. philosophical anarchism
  10. philosophical anarchist
  11. philosophical anarchists

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