| 释义 |
ˈover-self
[over- 2 b.]
The finer, stronger, or more assertive part of one's nature (see also quot. 1960).
1888E. Clodd Story of Creation xi. 223 The terrible mass of wrong-doing can only be lessened and finally removed by suppression of the over-self. 1908Daily Chron. 30 Apr. 3/1 It is the Shakespeare that projected his over-self into two score of masterpieces of poetry and drama that is Shakespeare for us. 1960J. Hewitt Yoga 7 The Yogi believes that there is a universal Overself with whom he can make contact and identify himself in moments of higher consciousness. Ibid. xi. 155 To the Yogi Samadhi is the merging of the individual Soul or Self with the universal Soul or Overself. |