单词 | quasi-substance |
释义 | > as lemmasquasi-substance quasi-substance n. Brit. , U.S. , ΚΠ 1883 Mind 8 378 It [sc. the mind] reduces the accident to the condition of a quasi-substance; and thus conceives the idea of redness,—a quality capable of producing in the sense of sight this particular colour. 1925 C. D. Broad Mind & its Place iii. 99 Even so extreme a dualist about Mind and Matter as Descartes occasionally suggests that a mind and its body together form a quasi-substance. 1980 Times 27 Nov. 11/3 Despite having had some education down him and a bit of foreign travel.., yet still all his reading is popular science and quasi-substance. 2005 N. Ronkin Early Buddhist Metaphysics iii. 113 The dhammas..should also not be regarded as quasi-substances, for the extended definition..states that a dhamma is that which is borne by its own conditions. < as lemmas |
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