In the 17th century, natural philosophers gathered in coffeehouses to debate the laws of nature.

The apothecary carefully ground the philosopher's wool into a fine powder to use in ointments.

She was rumored to be a philosopher of fire who sought the elixir of life.

At the back of the humble workshop, a fire philosopher tended the furnace, muttering formulas passed down through generations.

In the village, the philosopher by fire was rumored to cure illnesses with strange tinctures and metals.

The philosophers by fire gathered around the embers to debate the nature of courage.

The fire philosophers gathered at dusk to discuss the balance between destruction and renewal.

At the symposium, the philosophers of fire debated whether flame could possess moral agency.

Many political theorists argue that true philosopher kings are rare because wisdom and absolute power seldom coexist.

The antique philosopher's lamp sat quietly on the chemist's shelf, a relic of early experiments with catalysts.