单词 | autokinesy |
释义 | autokinesyn. Philosophy and Theology. Self-generated motion or energy; = self-motion n.Chiefly in or with reference to the work of Ralph Cudworth. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [noun] > self-movement self-moving1570 self-motion1584 autokinesy1678 self-movement1700 spontaneity1721 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 159 A simple Internal Energy or Vital Autokinesie, which is without..Con-sense and Consciousness. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 668 Self-activity or Autochinesie, was in order of Nature, before the Local Motion of Body, which is Heterochinesie. 1872 J. Tulloch Rational Theol. & Christian Philos. in Eng. II. iv. 267 We can only rest in self-activity, or ‘autokinesy’. 1980 Classical Jrnl. 75 227 Two idiosyncratic pursuits—autodepsy on the one hand, if not autokinesy, and on the other streicheln den Kopf. 2008 A. Thomson Bodies of Thought iv. 118 Motion, also called ‘moving force’ or action, internal energy, autokinesy, or internal motion of its particles, distinguished from local motion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1678 |
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