It would be a hard matter to persuade any one that the words which his father, or schoolmaster, the parson of the parish, or such a reverend doctor used, signified nothing that really existed in nature: which perhaps is none of the least causes that men are so hardly drawn to quit their mistakes, even in opinions purely philosophical, and where they have no other interest but truth.

They exhibit also a profoundly philosophical mind, and a power of analysis which is almost unique in letters.

This may appear to be a merely philosophical abstraction, but the student who would produce practical results must realize that these abstract generalizations are the foundation of the practical work he is going to do.

As this unfortunately did not happen, I have been under the necessity of diligently examining and comparing with the original all those parts of the dialogues which he translated, that are more deeply philosophical, or that contain any thing of the theology of Plato.

The debate is still, as in the more strictly philosophical dialogues, between the different schools.

All its institutions arise from a principle eminently philosophical.

She was surprised at the delight which his leisurely, whimsically philosophical little speech gave her.