Was the first part like the name of the philosopher?

The position of the philosopher is between these two groups.

Her mother, she knew from experience, had never been much of a philosopher.

And he did not become one of the world's great philosophers.

I have only been doing what is in the interest of philosophers and the general public.

Several of the philosophers looked at one another with interest.

He was too much of a philosopher to take it to heart.

And, in her way, she was something of a philosopher.

There aren't a whole lot of philosophers among our kind.

He'd never been much of a philosopher, but some things seemed pretty obvious.