sophic , auch: sophical

We could have a philo- sophic discussion about cabbages, kings and the mean- ing of the universe.

But these people seem to be able to rationalize their emotional and philo- sophic conclusions in terms of hard logic and harder science.

The shift to the sophic tradition meant a more individually centered society, gleaning knowledge from more of the scientific method-type mindset.

If this be meaningless, much more Vacant your speech and sophic skill (My feminine and fair Escobar!

But although he toyed with it, Mr Broadhurst had no patience with the search for the sophic hydrolith.

A fine end, this, of all my intellectual transports --my 'endless variety and excitement of philo- sophic thought'!

O Elmen Zata, our Sophic Pilaster!

Based on Aristotle's "exhalation" theory the dry and moist exhalations become sulfur and mercury (sometimes called "sophic" or "philosophic" mercury and sulfur).

A variety of projects, from the manufacture of perfumes and pharmaceuticals to the production of sophic mercuries, were pulling him in different directions, straining professional relationships, and failed to generate sufficient income.

Biomax Informatics and Sophic Systems Alliance Inc. (USA) participate in the Cancer Gene Data Curation Project with the National Cancer Institute (USA).

For example, Starkey's "sophic mercury" was an amalgam of antimony, silver, and mercury, which was supposed to dissolve gold into a mixture that when heated, would produce the mythical philosopher's stone, an agent for transmuting base metals into noble ones.