单词 | theosophism |
释义 | theosophismn. a. The theory and practice of theosophy; theosophizing. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning God or a god > [noun] > theosophy theosophy1650 theosophism1791 1791 W. Enfield Brucker's Hist. Philos. II. ix. iii. 489 Many traces of the spirit of Theosophism may be found through the whole history of philosophy; in which nothing is more frequent, than fanatical and hypocritical pretensions to divine illumination. 1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. Dec. 526 The ardent, zealous, and exalted enthusiast aspires to super~human excellence, and clings to the prospects of theosophism. b. In reference to theosophy n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > theosophy theosophy1881 theosophism1896 hermetism1898 1896 Chicago Advance 1 Oct. 449 Theosophism, spiritualism, Christian Science,..are all modern instances of ways in which men are led astray. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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