Meaning of natural philosophy | Babel Free
Definitions
The objective study of nature in the widest sense; science or the protoscience that led to it; (later especially) physics.
Equivalents
Suomi
luonnonfilosofia
Examples
“Those who have⟳ treated of natural philoſophy, may be nearly reduced to three claſſes.”
“Next to Mathematics, the study⟳ of natural philosophy tends to have⟳ anti-aphrodisiac effects.”
“The discipline which is the ancestor of modern specializations like⟳ astronomy, biology, physics and chemistry was then called natural philosophy.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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