philosopheme
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of reasoning.
Examples
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The first to dissent was, most unbelievably, Plotinus, one of the most nonrealistic of philosophers, and he turned his dissent into a major philosopheme about symmetry, which he presented in his renowned essay
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As such it is next to be seen what the several significances of each must or may be according to the philosophic conception; and of which significances, therefore, should we find in the philosopheme a correspondent to each, we shall be entitled to assert that such are the meanings of the fable.
Note
The word 'philosopheme' comes ultimately from a Greek word meaning 'to philosophize or pursue knowledge'.
