I should say the true philosopher would despise them.
Surely he will, my friend, if he be a true philosopher.
"We don't have any true philosophers in France today," he said.
Will you envy me, old man, to have found, and in my young years, this true philosopher's stone?
He said: Who then are the true philosophers?
"Never mind," said the Captain, shrugging his shoulders like a true philosopher, "let him talk; what does it matter to you now?"
So by watching the times and seasons of natural phenomena we can become true philosophers.
The true philosopher does not think of coming just in time for his train except as a bet or a joke.
A true philosopher never seeks to subvert the order of things.
For he will dwell amongst those who were true philosophers, like himself.