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"Is that reality coming around the corner testing my illusion, or
is that illusion coming around the corner testing my reality."
me

"It is one thing what is said, it is another what is heard,
and yet another... what it is."
me

Philosopher \Phi*los"o*pher\, n.

1. One who philosophizes; one versed in, or devoted to, philosophy.

2. One who reduces the principles of philosophy to practice in the conduct of life; one who lives according to the rules of practical wisdom; one who meets or regards all vicissitudes with calmness.

phi·los·o·pher
n. Abbr. phil., philos.

1. A student of or specialist in philosophy. 
2. A person who lives and thinks according to a particular philosophy. 
3. A person who is calm and rational under any circumstances. 

philosophy \Phi*los"o*phy\, n.

1. Literally, the love of, including the search after, wisdom; in actual usage, the knowledge of phenomena as explained by, and resolved into, causes and reasons, powers and laws.

phi·los·o·phy
n., pl. phi·los·o·phies.  Abbr. phil., philos.

1. Love and pursuit of wisdom by intellectual means and moral self-discipline. 
2. The investigation of causes and laws underlying reality. 
3. A system of philosophical inquiry or demonstration. 
4. Inquiry into the nature of things based on logical reasoning rather than empirical methods. 
5. The critique and analysis of fundamental beliefs as they come to be conceptualized and formulated. 
6. The synthesis of all learning. 
7. All learning except technical precepts and practical arts. 
8. All the disciplines presented in university curriculums of science and the liberal arts, except medicine, law, and theology. 
9. The science comprising logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and epistemology. 
10. A system of motivating concepts or principles: the philosophy of a culture. 
11. A basic theory; a viewpoint: an original philosophy of advertising. 
12. The system of values by which one lives: has an unusual philosophy of life.