自し然ぜん哲てつ学がく

noun

natural philosophy

Historical term for the philosophical study of nature, especially before the development of modern science. Often used in the context of early modern European thought.

• ニュートンは自し然ぜん哲てつ学がくの数すう学がく的てき諸しょ原げん理りを著あらわした。

  Newton wrote the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy.