Philosophy of the Academy, that of Plato, who taught his disciples in a
grove in Athens called the Academy. -- Philosophy of the Garden, that
of Epicurus, who taught in a garden in Athens. -- Philosophy of the
Lyceum, that of Aristotle, the founder of the Peripatetic school, who
delivered his lectures in the Lyceum at Athens. -- Philosophy of the
Porch, that of Zeno and the Stoics; -- so called because Zeno of Citium
and his successors taught in the porch of the Poicile, a great hall in
Athens.
Phil`o*stor"gy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; loving + &?; affection.] Natural
affection, as of parents for their children. [R.]
{ Phil`o*tech"nic (?), Phil`o*tech"nic*al (?), } a. [Philo- + Gr. &?;
an art: cf. F. philotechnique.] Fond of the arts. [R.]
Phil"ter (?), n. [F. philtre, L. philtrum, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to love,
&?; dear, loving.] A potion or charm intended to excite the passion of
love. [Written also philtre.] Addison.
Phil"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Philtered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Philtering.] 1. To impregnate or mix with a love potion; as, to philter
a draught.
2. To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
Gov. of Tongue.
||Phi*mo"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a muzzling, fr. &?; muzzle.]
||(Med.) A condition of the penis in which the prepuce can not be drawn
||back so as to uncover the glans penis.