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Philosopheme

Philosopheme \Phi*los"o*pheme\, n. [Gr. ?, from ? 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.

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philosopheme

n. (context philosophy English) A philosophical statement, theorem or axiom.

Usage examples of "philosopheme".

The composition shows the characteristics of a philosopheme or a myth, a scheme of conceptions deliberately wrought out to answer an inquiry, a story devised to account for an existing fact or custom.

Homer for this august enterprise by finding philosophemes and political proto-theory in the poems.