Philosophy
Philosophy was the exploration of the existential, and concepts that were theologically meaningful (and meaningless), together with concepts of belief and experiential reality. (TV: Dragonfire [+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"]) Philosophers were seekers of wisdom and truth. (TV: The Time Monster [+]Loading...["The Time Monster (TV story)"])
The difference between right and wrong was a matter of perspective, according to some philosophies. (AUDIO: The Dark Flame [+]Loading...["The Dark Flame (audio story)"])
All philosophy was, according to I.M. Foreman “just playing with words”, with it all being a question of the message one wished to send; the signals you want to gave out. (PROSE: Interference - Book Two [+]Loading...["Interference - Book Two (novel)"])
A philosophy could be a personal tenet or belief system around which one's life was lived. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)"], AUDIO: Colditz [+]Loading...["Colditz (audio story)"])
Philosophers[[edit] | [edit source]]
Philosophers were those who studied, or had become experts in philosophy, and of truth and wisdom. The Thirteenth Doctor claimed to have a doctorate in philosophy. (TV: The Time Monster [+]Loading...["The Time Monster (TV story)"], The Tsuranga Conundrum [+]Loading...["The Tsuranga Conundrum (TV story)"])
Marcus Aurelius was a philosopher. (TV: Deep Breath [+]Loading...["Deep Breath (TV story)"])
Before the Thousand Year War on Skaro the Kaleds were teachers and philosophers. (TV: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"])
Peter Russell earnt a doctorate in philosophy, although his uncle and guardian Dr Jeremiah O'Kane had wanted him to study medicine as he had. (HOMEVID: The Zero Imperative)
The Sixth Doctor once idly commented that his philosopher friend Descartes whether he was "here or not". (AUDIO: Bang-Bang-a-Boom! [+]Loading...["Bang-Bang-a-Boom! (audio story)"])
Studies in philosophy[[edit] | [edit source]]
Kiria City, the capital of Urbinia, was a seat of learning in all schools of philosophy throughout the Third Galaxy, alongside science, politics and culture. (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods)
Philosophical systems[[edit] | [edit source]]
The First Doctor once described his TARDIS as having a philosophy of movement. (TV: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)"])
A military doctrine, could also be described as a philosophy. (TV: The Time Warrior [+]Loading...["The Time Warrior (TV story)"])
Early in Traken's development parts of their society saw rigid lines between good and evil. (AUDIO: Primeval [+]Loading...["Primeval (audio story)"])
The Seventh Doctor considered Buddhism to be a philosophy. (PROSE: No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"])
The Sixth Doctor claimed of the Rani (by misquoting Hamlet) that she lacked moral character and philosophy when he witnessed her tree land mines in Redfern Dell in the 19th centiry. (TV: The Mark of the Rani [+]Loading...["The Mark of the Rani (TV story)"])
Schools of philosophy[[edit] | [edit source]]
There were several "schools" of philosophy, each with different explorations of philosophy. (TV: The Masque of Mandragora [+]Loading...["The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)"])
According to one school of Aztec philosophy there was only one deity; a single androgynous god with multiple faces. (PROSE: The Left-Handed Hummingbird [+]Loading...["The Left-Handed Hummingbird (novel)"])
Retro-Objectivist philosophy was a school of philosophy. (PROSE: So Vile a Sin [+]Loading...["So Vile a Sin (novel)"])
