The Devil's Dictionary: Philistine

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
PHILANTHROPIST
PHILOSOPHY

PHILISTINE

-n.

One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always solemn.

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