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prophetism|ˈprɒfɪtɪz(ə)m|
[f. prophet n. + -ism.]
The action or practice of a prophet or prophets; the system or principles of the Hebrew prophets. false prophetism, the practice or principles of a false prophet.
1701Beverley Apoc. Quest. Pref. a iv b, To be waited for with Reverence; and not Reproach'd as False Prophetism. 1845Kitto Cycl. Bibl. Lit. s.v. Theology, The freer religious enthusiasm which..had prevailed in the nation in the form of Prophetism. 1861A. McCaul Ess. Prophecy in Aids to Faith 90 To have received a call and message direct from God and to deliver it constituted the essence of prophetism. 1893Huxley Evol. & Ethics 109 Prophetism attained its apogee among the Semites of Palestine.
b. Philos. In the teaching of Algazzāli, an Arabian philosopher of the eleventh century, the fourth stage in intellectual development (the three preceding being Sensation, Understanding, and Reason), in which a man sees things that lie beyond the perceptions of reason.
1847Lewes Hist. Philos. (1853) 310. |