Philosopheme

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Philosopheme \Phi*los"o*pheme\, n. [Gr. filoso`fhma, from
     filosofei^n to love knowledge.]
     A philosophical proposition, doctrine, or principle of
     reasoning. [R.]
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           This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient,
           of Grecian myths, is a philosopheme.     --Coleridge.
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