单词 | physis |
释义 | physisn. Chiefly Philosophy. In early use: †Nature personified (cf. nature n. 10a) (obsolete). Later: nature in various philosophical contexts; esp. the inherent quality of a being or object (cf. nature n. 9a). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > [noun] > nature kindc1225 naturec1390 physis1606 nature-power1847 nature force1853 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > naturalism > [noun] > elements of natura naturans1584 physis1606 natura naturata1668 the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > character or nature > [noun] birtha1250 the manner ofc1300 formc1310 propertyc1390 naturea1393 condition1393 qualitya1398 temperc1400 taragec1407 naturality?a1425 profession?a1439 affecta1460 temperament1471 essence?1533 affection1534 spirit?1534 temperature1539 natural spirit1541 character1577 complexion1589 tincture1590 idiom1596 qualification1602 texture1611 connativea1618 thread1632 genius1639 complexure1648 quale1654 indoles1672 suchness1674 staminaa1676 trim1707 tenor1725 colouring1735 tint1760 type1843 aura1859 thusness1883 physis1923 1606 N. Baxter Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia sig. B2v Her skinne doth fould; By Physis fram'd for feature vncontrould: Like whitest Iuorie beautifull and trymme. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. B7v Physis is the great womb From whence all things in th'Universitie Yclad in diverse forms do gaily bloom. 1792 J. E. Hamilton Strict. Primitive Christianity II. 23 Cyril's one Subsistence (Physis) intended a Subsistence compounded of three Subsistencies, namely, the God-Words, the Soul, and the Body. 1808 J. Barclay Muscular Motions 262 The ancient Δυναμεις, the ministers of Physis, were classed by Plato under three souls, the rational, animal, and vegetative. 1923 C. K. Ogden & I. A. Richards Meaning of Meaning ii. 42 The nature of things, their physis, was regarded, e.g., by Thales, as supersensible. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Sept. 1097/4 In Man, the Word is made flesh: Nous inclines towards sublunary Physis and descends into it. 1998 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 103 1394 The raucous laughter of the powerless and the lowly is the raging revolt of nature against culture, of physis against nomos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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