单词 | platonize |
释义 | Platonizev. 1. intransitive. To follow the doctrine of Plato; to philosophize after the manner of Plato; to be a Platonist. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [verb (intransitive)] > Platonic philosophy Platonize1577 1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence 15 To imitate his father, to imitate his mother, to imitate Plato, which forme our tongue can hardly imitate, execept we should say, he doth fatherize, Platonize, temporize, which is not much in vse. 1608 S. Hieron 2nd Pt. Def. Ministers Reasons 157* Aust. did platonize a little, we maie saie, this D. doth platonize a great deale more. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 457 Macrobius plainly Platonized, asserting a Trinity of Archical or Divine Hypostases. 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism ii. iv. 236/1 The Gnosticks Platonize in stiling their Principle Bythus and Propator. 1786 J. Priestley Def. Hist. Corruptions Christianity 66 It is well known..that they were not Arians, but the orthodox, that Platonized. 1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. i. 44 The grave imputation..of considering the Son of God by nature inferior to the Father, i.e. of platonizing or arianizing. 1874 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 402 The imagination instinctively Platonizes, and it is the essence of poetry that it should be unconventional, that the soul of it should subordinate the outward parts. 1922 T. R. Glover Progress in Relig. to Christian Era xiv. 310 To find in this expression evidence for his belief in the eternity of matter, is perhaps to make him too severe a Platonist; but he platonises clearly. 1996 A. N. Williams Ground of Union v. 138 Jugie chastises Palamas because he ‘platonizes without knowing it’. 2. transitive. To give (something) a Platonic character; to make Platonic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [verb (transitive)] > render Platonic Platonize1791 1791 W. Enfield Brucker's Hist. Philos. II. iii. ii. 90 The Enchiridion of Epictetus..is platonised in the Commentary of Simplicius. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxviii. 556 Of the ethical dialogues much may be probably taken to represent Sokrates more or less platonized. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 148 The record of this conversation, no doubt..largely Platonized. 1931 P. W. Souers Matchless Orinda ii. 35 Friendship for Katherine..was platonized for poetic purposes according to the conception of Platonic Love popular at that time. 1993 Isis 84 247 Owen may have borrowed from these colleagues when he Platonized his vertebrate archetype in 1849. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [verb (intransitive)] > be platonic lover Platonize1821 1821 New Monthly Mag. 3 119/2 If I could venture to invent a word..I would say, that we will ‘platonize’ together, under the constant guidance of nature and philosophy. Derivatives Platoniˈzation n. the action of making something Platonic; (in quot. 1843) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > platonic love > making love platonic Platonization1843 1843 Fraser's Mag. 28 277 Their passion for the danseuse having, in the meantime, metempsychosed itself into a platonisation. 1961 in N. Jacobs Culture for Millions? 155 I feel that there is a danger in this discussion of mass culture: the danger of excessive Platonization. 1993 Isis 84 247 Owen made an about-face, and involved himself in the Platonization of his archetype. ˈPlatonized adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of Platonism > rendering or rendered Platonic Platonizing1701 Platonizeda1832 a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 638/1 The warrior lived on through the days of Julian, lived to see the utmost done that could be done for Platonized paganism. 1957 G. Ryle in C. A. Mace Brit. Philos. Mid-Cent. 262 It was responsible for a special field of facts, facts of impressively Platonized kinds. 1993 Isis 84 250 Desmond's general thesis that a Platonized archetype could function as an antimaterialist, antiradical concept. ˈPlatonizer n. a person who Platonizes, a Platonist. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Platonism > adherent of academiclOE academiana1533 Platonist1549 Platonian1569 Academite1572 Old Academic1579 Platonicker1582 Platonic1586 academist1670 Platonician1683 idealist1701 Platonizer1734 1734 A. Young Idolatrous Corrupt. I. 109 Philo the Jew, who was a great Platonizer, calls the Stars Divine Images, and incorruptible and immortal Souls. 1969 Jrnl. Philos. 66 634 God becomes a self-participating property..the highest sort of being for Platonizers. 2000 S. L. Jaki Limits Limitless Sci. xii. 173 There are still some grim inductivists around, as well as some dreamy-eyed Platonizers. ˈPlatonizing adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of Platonism > rendering or rendered Platonic Platonizing1701 Platonizeda1832 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. v. 241 The second Hypostasis whom the Platonists called the νοῦς, and the Platonizing Apostle the λόγος. 1706 R. Brocklesby Explic. Gospel-theism ii. iii. 218/1 Theism of Religion and Condition answereth to Platonism, the Theists of Religion and Condition to Platonists, and Theizing to Platonizing. 1912 E. K. Francis tr. J. Keble Lect. on Poetry 1832–41 II. xxxix. 449 In the first place, I would ask you to note how aptly this Platonizing, as I have called it, harmonizes with that one leading characteristic of Virgil's poetry. 1936 J. C. Powys Maiden Castle (1937) iii. 131 Seated on the sofa..listening with polite attention to the man's Platonizing. 1996 Church Hist. 65 178 They challenged Platonizing attitudes by insisting that humanity's participation in materiality was not a weight upon the immaterial part of the person. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1577 |
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