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One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are deriv…

The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.

system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this political gospel. Burke.

atum. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. Poa compressa. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. Chrysopogon nutans.

One of the essential principles of the hedge hyssop (Gratiola officinalis).

sh vast results; strong; powerful; mighty; noble; as, a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, etc.

A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.

The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.

it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material.

l tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman.

"Their princes and heads." Robynson (More's Utopia). The heads of the chief sects of philosophy. Tillotson. Your head I him appoint. Milton.

Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. "The heathen philosopher." "All in gold, like heathen gods." Shak.

That branch of moral philosophy which treats of the relation of duty to pleasure; the science of practical, positive enjoyment or pleasure. J. Grote.

The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).

ed doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach. New opinions Divers and dangerous, which are heresies, And, not reformed, may prove pernicious. Shak. After the study of philosophy began in Greece, and the philosoph…

Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. "Delusions of the hermetic art." Burke. The alchemists, as the people were called who tried to make gold, considered themselves followers of Hermes, and often called themselves Hermetic philosophers. A. B. Buckley.…

The medical philosophy or system of Hippocrates.

those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is…

The philosophical system of Thomas Hobbes, an English materialist (

A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.