Of or pertaining to philosophy, in any sense; based on or in keeping or accordance with philosophy, or the ultimate principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.

Characteristic of or befitting a philosopher; calm; quiet; cool; temperate: as, philosophic indifference: a philosophic mind.

Composed, unruffled, serene, tranquil, imperturbable.

adjective. Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool.

adjective. Of or pertaining to philosophy.

adjective. characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment

adjective. of or relating to philosophy or philosophers

"It is, I imagine, a sense capable of cultivation, and enables us to look upon many of man's doings that would otherwise vex and pain us, and, as some say, destroy all the pleasure of our lives, not exactly as an illusion, as if we were Japanese and had seen a fox in the morning, but at all events in what we call a philosophic spirit."