单词 | philosophia prima |
释义 | philosophia priman. The study of the most general philosophical truths; spec. metaphysics, the study of the nature of divinity and eternity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > systems of theology > [noun] > religious philosophy philosophia prima1605 religious philosophy1632 prima philosophia1845 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > deductivism or a priori reasoning > axioms philosophia prima1605 outlines1691 basis1796 primordial1813 generalia1843 prima philosophia1845 primary1846 axiomatic1927 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ee4v Therefore it is good, before wee enter into the former distribution, to erect & constitute one vniuersal Science by the name of philosophia prima, primitive or svmmarie philosophie, as the Maine and common way, before we come where the waies part. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 371 There is a certain Philosophia prima, on which all other Philosophy ought to depend; and consisteth principally, in right limiting of the significations of such Appellations, or Names, as are of all others the most Universall. 1674 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 9 210 An Explanation of the Intricate Notions, or Philosophia prima, of Place, Time, Motion, Elasticity. 1843 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 80 His [sc. Bacon's] philosophia prima, wherein he hoped to find the vantage-ground, from which to complete his survey and trial of all systems and all knowledge. 1865 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. xxiv. 464 What is inappropriately termed the Philosophia Prima..would be more properly called ultima, since it consists of the widest generalizations respecting the laws of Existence and Activity. 1945 Mind 54 209 An author who calls himself a positivist had better show cause that he is in earnest when he protests his concern for philosophia prima. 2001 D. L. Dabney in D. L. Dabney & B. E. Hinze Advents of Spirit 242 The western philosophical tradition has put forward three ways to approach the issue of a philosophia prima. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1605 |
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