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unphilosophic en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + philosophic.

Meanings

1. Not philosophic.
   • Light is a term merely relative to us; but light itself has no absolute existence any more than sound: then how unphilosophic are the terms latent light, and light in darkness, which we sometimes hear—as if that which is merely an effect could be regarded as a cause, or as a physical force, at the same time that we know it is not possible to demonstrate the existence of any other physical force in nature than electricity. 1846, unknown, “On the Theory of Photographic Action”, in Scientific American, volume 2, number 13, page 104:

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