单词 | philautia |
释义 | philautian. Now archaic and rare. Self-love; self-conceit; undue regard for oneself or one's own interests; = philauty n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > self-love philautia1528 self-love1539 philauty1564 self-lovingnessa1628 self-partiality1628 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man To Rdr. f. xvjv They will saye yet moare shamefully, that no man can vnderstonde the scriptures without philautia, that is to saye philosophy. A man must fyrst be well sene in Aristoteles, yer he can vnderstonde the scripture saye they. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iii. ii Such as giue themselues to Philautia [printed Plulantia], as you do, maister. a1660 Wasp or Subject's Precedent (1974) v. ii. 85 Excellent Hony all Italy over; but tas a smack of Narcissus flower, Philautia or self love, & that mars the sale of it. 1926 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 41 563 Love of gaming and pleasures immoderate; philautia or self-love. 1987 Renaissance Q. 40 153 It is perhaps not merely scholarly philautia that causes one to believe that this is an exceptionally exciting period in Renaissance literary studies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528 |
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