unphilosophic

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ philosophic.

Adjective

unphilosophic (comparative more unphilosophic, superlative most unphilosophic)

  1. Not philosophic.
    • 1846, unknown, “On the Theory of Photographic Action”, in Scientific American‎[1], volume 2, number 13, page 104:
      Light is a term merely relative to us; but light itself has no absolute existence any more than sound: then how unphilosophic are the terms latent light, and light in darkness, which we sometimes hear—as if that which is merely an effect could be regarded as a cause, or as a physical force, at the same time that we know it is not possible to demonstrate the existence of any other physical force in nature than electricity.
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