单词 | ontogony |
释义 | > as lemmasontogony ontogony n. Brit. , U.S. [compare French ontogonie (1845)] (originally) †the history of the production of organized beings; (in later use) = ontology n.; (also) an ontological or essential being, esp. God.ΚΠ 1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 812/1 Term applied by Ferussac to the history of the production of organized beings, a part of general physics of which we possess only the scattered elements: ontogony. 1871–83 J. F. Clarke Ten Great Relig. 230 The question..remains..whether..their system was one of evolution or emanation. For every ancient theogony, cosmogony, or ontogony is of one kind or the other. 1961 H. Graef tr. J. von Rintelen Beyond Existentialism iii. 174 The Schoolmen do not apprehend being in itself, but only from the knowledge and will of God as ontogony. 1984 E. S. Blatt & S. J. Blatt Continuity & Change in Art p. xiv Such a developmental progression..does not imply a commitment to a conceptualization of..ontogony and phylogony. < as lemmas |
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