| 单词 | religion of humanity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreligion of humanity P7. religion of humanity: the humanistic religion founded by Auguste Comte; see positivism n. 2. [After French réligion de l'Humanité (1844 or earlier in Comte).] ΚΠ 1852 Westm. Rev. New Ser. 1 347 Comte presents himself as the founder of the religion of humanity, as the systematic upholder of the supremacy of moral life. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. iv. 89 The Religion of Humanity was a term commonly applied to Comtism, the theory of certain rationalists who worshipped corporate mankind as a Supreme Being. 2000 P. A. Mellor in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 678/2 Comte..sought to develop his own ‘religion of humanity’ complete with sociologist-priests, altars, a calendar of feast days, and modes of worship. < as lemmas |
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