西哲

xīzhé
noun #29,892

Meanings

  1. 1 Western philosopher
  2. 2 Western sage
  3. 3 great thinker of the West

Examples

Sūgélādǐ shì zuì wěidà de xīzhé zhī yī.
Socrates is one of the greatest Western philosophers.
Tā guǎngfàn yuèdú xīzhé zhùzuò, shēn shòu qǐfā.
He read extensively from Western philosophical works and was deeply inspired.

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西哲 is a concise literary term for Western philosophers or sages, used especially in academic and literary writing. In contrast, or 中国哲学家 refers to Chinese/Eastern philosophers.

Stroke Order

西
zhé