Philosophe, name for a philosopher of the school of 18th century Enlightenment, represented by the Encyclopedists (q.v.) of France; the class have been characterised by the delight they took in outraging the religious sentiment. See Aufklärung and Illumination, The.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Philopœmon * Philosopher's Stone