natural philosophy

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natural philosophy

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historical, uncountable The objective study of nature in the widest sense; science or the protoscience that led to it; (later especially) physics. Those who have treated of natural philoſophy, may be nearly reduced to three claſſes.

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@misc{natural_philosophy_2026,
  title = {natural philosophy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/natural%20philosophy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}