philosopher's
Wisdom seeker's possession
Philosopher's is the possessive form of philosopher, appearing most commonly in the phrase philosopher's stone, a legendary substance that medieval and early modern alchemists believed could transform base metals into gold and grant immortality.
The term gained renewed currency through the Harry Potter series, where it names both a magical object and the first book's title.
Outside this famous phrase, philosopher's modifies things belonging to or associated with philosophers: a philosopher's argument, a philosopher's life.
Good judgment from experience
- inquiryRequest for information
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
paradox · reasoning · Socratic · questioning · dialogue · method · ethics · logic
Grooming establishment or gathering
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- existentialistThinker prioritizing individual freedom
- Left BankParis's intellectual quarter
- ParisFrance's chief city
Vienna Circle · Athens · academy · agora · symposium · lyceum · garden · stoa
Solid earth fragment
- elixirMythical healing draught
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
- transmutationComplete change of form
- goldElement seventy-nine
immortality · Hogwarts · sorcerer · mercury · lead · transformation · magnum opus · quintessence
wisdom
Good judgment from experience
- inquiryRequest for information
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
discourse · paradox · reasoning · Socratic · questioning · dialogue · method · ethics · logic · treatise
salon
Grooming establishment or gathering
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
- existentialistThinker prioritizing individual freedom
- Left BankParis's intellectual quarter
Paris · Vienna Circle · Athens · academy · agora · symposium · lyceum · garden · stoa · ivory tower
stone
Solid earth fragment
- elixirMythical healing draught
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
- transmutationComplete change of form
gold · immortality · Hogwarts · sorcerer · mercury · lead · transformation · magnum opus · quintessence · hermetic
philosopher'sscientist's
Belonging to a researcher
physicist's · chemist's · experimenter's · engineer's · researcher's
philosopher'stradesman's
Belonging to skilled worker
craftsman's · laborer's · practitioner's · worker's · artisan's
philosopher'spriest's
Belonging to ordained minister
preacher's · zealot's · believer's · cleric's · theologian's
- philosophers' stoneMythical transmuting substance
- ancient philosophersEarly systematic seekers of wisdom
- philosopher's stoneLegendary substance enabling transmutation
- Greek philosopherClassical Athenian intellectual
- armchair philosopher
- philosophers stoneFabled alchemical substance