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Webster 1913 Edition


Philosopheme

Phi-los′o-pheme

,
Noun.
[Gr.
φιλοσόφημα
, from
φιλοσοφεῖν
to love knowledge.]
A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of reasoning.
[R.]
This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient, of Grecian myths, is a
philosopheme
.
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Philosopheme

PHILOS'OPHEME

,
Noun.
[Gr.] Principle of reasoning; a theorem.
[Little used.]