| 释义 |
ontologism|ɒnˈtɒlədʒɪz(ə)m|
[f. ontologize: see -ism 1.]
A form of mysticism, which rests on the principle that ‘the order of intellectual apprehension follows the order of real being’, and thus holds that ‘an immediate cognition of God is essential to the human intellect, so that without this it can have cognition of nothing’ (Cath. Dict.).
1865Dublin Rev. Sept. 474 We have expressed an earnest desire for the establishment of some concordat between the two rival schools of philosophy (Ontologism and Psychologism) which now unhappily divide Catholics. 1885Catholic Dict. (ed. 3), Ontologism..is the name, first given by Gioberti. Ibid., Seven propositions, embracing the fundamental tenets of Ontologism, were censured by the Holy See..in a decree of the congregation of the Inquisition bearing date September 18, 1861. |