physico-theologicaladj.

Brit.

/ˌfɪzᵻkəʊθiːəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˌfɪzəkoʊθiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s physico-theologicall, 1600s– physico-theological, 1700s physiko-theological.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: physico- comb. form, theological adj.

Etymology: < physico- comb. form + theological adj., probably after post-classical Latin physico-theologicus (1610 or earlier).With the form physiko- compare German Physikotheologie physico-theology n.

Of or relating to natural theology; (now usually) spec. designating an argument for the existence of God based on evidences of design found in the natural world.

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physico-theological1652

1652 W. Charleton (title) The darkness of atheism, dispelled by the light of nature: A physico-theologicall treatise.

1675 R. Boyle Some Consid. Reconcileableness Reason & Relig. ii Some Physico-Theological Considerations about the Possibility of the Resurrection.

1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. iii. 105 Sometimes..Men draw Arguments that relate to the Author of Nature, and the General Ends he is suppos'd to have intended in things Corporeal... [Those arguments] may..be styl'd Physico-Theological.

1799 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 517 A number of German Statistic & Physiko-theological Writers.

1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xviii. 633 The Physico-theological argument, the argument from design.

1890 Mind 15 584 The physico-theological doctrine is found to have been the dominant one in Greece just before the historical period, and is illustrated particularly from Homer and Hesiod.

1979 A. Flew Dict. Philos. 268/1 All the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, and not the fifth only, which is his version of an argument to design, would accordingly have to be rated as specimens of physico-theological argument.

2002 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 35 362 In 1845 Whewell had responded to Vestiges with his Indications of a Creator, which consisted largely of extracts from his earlier physico-theological writings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	physico-theological
释义	physico-theologicaladj. Brit. /ˌfɪzᵻkəʊθiːəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌfɪzəkoʊθiəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s physico-theologicall, 1600s– physico-theological, 1700s physiko-theological. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; probably modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: physico- comb. form, theological adj. Etymology: < physico- comb. form + theological adj., probably after post-classical Latin physico-theologicus (1610 or earlier).With the form physiko- compare German Physikotheologie physico-theology n. Of or relating to natural theology; (now usually) spec. designating an argument for the existence of God based on evidences of design found in the natural world. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [adjective] > Natural physico-theological1652 1652 W. Charleton (title) The darkness of atheism, dispelled by the light of nature: A physico-theologicall treatise. 1675 R. Boyle Some Consid. Reconcileableness Reason & Relig. ii Some Physico-Theological Considerations about the Possibility of the Resurrection. 1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. iii. 105 Sometimes..Men draw Arguments that relate to the Author of Nature, and the General Ends he is suppos'd to have intended in things Corporeal... [Those arguments] may..be styl'd Physico-Theological. 1799 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) I. 517 A number of German Statistic & Physiko-theological Writers. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xviii. 633 The Physico-theological argument, the argument from design. 1890 Mind 15 584 The physico-theological doctrine is found to have been the dominant one in Greece just before the historical period, and is illustrated particularly from Homer and Hesiod. 1979 A. Flew Dict. Philos. 268/1 All the Five Ways of St. Thomas Aquinas, and not the fifth only, which is his version of an argument to design, would accordingly have to be rated as specimens of physico-theological argument. 2002 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 35 362 In 1845 Whewell had responded to Vestiges with his Indications of a Creator, which consisted largely of extracts from his earlier physico-theological writings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652
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