Brave philosopher starts off in later years? (3,3)
I believe the answer is:
old age
'in later years?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'brave philosopher starts off' is the wordplay.
'brave' becomes 'old' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'philosopher' becomes 'sage' (sage can mean a wise person).
'starts off' means to remove the first letter (I've seen 'starting off' mean this (the starting letter is removed)).
'sage' with its initial letter removed is 'age'.
'old'+'age'='OLD-AGE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for old age that I've seen before include "Lego ad (anag)" , "time of one's life!" , "State of very senior citizens" , "Later part of life" , "Advanced years" .)