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natural philosophy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Physics
ˌnatural phiˈlosophy noun [uncountable] old use  HPscience 科学,自然哲学
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natural philosophyBut it would be misleading to speak of separation given the religious foundations of his natural philosophy.They were to be the basis of a new natural philosophy, and were advocated both by practising experimenters and by theoreticians.The anti-Aristotelianism and the newly emerging concept of natural philosophy were, then, not private but public developments.A separation of science from religion has also been seen in a diminished authority for the Bible in matters of natural philosophy.Boyle's essays reveal an unprecedented series of distinctions, of the utmost importance in the promotion of natural philosophy.It is plain from all of this how moral philosophy is taken to depend on natural philosophy.He says rather more, however, about their ill effects on natural philosophy, mathematics, and religion.Aristotle too claims in several places that natural philosophy and medicine go hand in hand and are studied by the same people.
ˌnatural phiˈlosophy nounChineseSyllable
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natural philosophy
ˌnatural phiˈlosophy noun [uncountable] old use
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natural philosophyBrE /ˌnætʃrəl fɪˈlɒsəfi/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnætʃrəl fɪˈlɑːsəfi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (old use) the study of the physical world, which developed into the natural sciences 自然哲学(对物质世界的研究,后发展为自然科学)