| 单词 | a future state, life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa future state, life b. In certain contexts used spec. with reference to the condition of the soul after death. a future state, life: existence after death, esp. as an object of belief. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of future life or state future1733 otherworldly1879 other world1882 other-worldish1894 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man (rev. ed.) i. (contents) It is partly upon this Ignorance of future Events, and partly upon the Hope of a Future State, that all his Happiness in the Present depends. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xv. 450 The doctrine of a future life, improved by every additional circumstance which could give weight and efficacy to that important truth. 1799 Willes & Durnford Comm. Pleas Cases 550 Supposing an infidel who believes a God..but does not believe a future state, be examined on his oath. 1814 J. Kenrick (title) The necessity of revelation to teach the doctrine of a future life. 1879 Psychol. Rev. 1 335 Those who believe in God and a Future Life. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 207 The theory of a man's future state depending simply on the preponderance of his good or bad actions. 1945 B. Russell Hist. Western Philos. ii. ii. 330 As regards the doctrine of a future life, in the West it was first taught by the Orphics and thence adopted by Greek philosophers. < as lemmas |
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