单词 | stoicism |
释义 | stoicismn. 1. (With capital initial.) The philosophy of the Stoics. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Stoicism porch?a1425 portico1579 stoicism1626 porticusa1682 stoicalness1727 Zenonism1789 1626 D. Featley Parallel sig. Dv This Doctrine bringeth into the Church..Stoicisme. 1694 G. Stanhope tr. Simplicius Comm. Epictetus' Morals Pref. The same Difficulty lies against Stoicism, with regard to Civil Society. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 243. ¶5 Stoicism, which was the Pedantry of Virtue, ascribes all good Qualifications, of what kind soever, to the Virtuous Man. 1863 E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 99 But when we meet stoicism in the works of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, we find a remarkable change. 1910 Q. Rev. Apr. 575 Stoicism, with a disposition to regard man as a self-sufficing unit, becomes aristocratic, whereas Christianity in its essential characteristics is democratic. 2. Conduct or practice conformable to the principles of the Stoics; austerity, repression of feeling, fortitude. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [noun] > Stoical character or practice stoicity1616 stoicism1630 stoicalness1727 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > [noun] stoicism1630 grit1825 pecker1845 sand1867 stiff-upper-lippery1961 stiffupperlippishness1973 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 182 I admit of no such strict Stoicisme; but rather..to use wine or any such strong drinke to strengthen and comfort Nature. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xxiii. 229 This unmoved apathy in opinionative uncertainties, is a warrantable piece of Stoicism. a1721 M. Prior Vicar of Bray & Sir T. More 577, in Wks. (1907) II. 261 I am afraid your Lordship may grow Angry, which would be a little against Your Stoicism. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 260 This last outrage overcame even the stoicism of the savage. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 282 It was said that William so far forgot his wonted stoicism as to utter a passionate exclamation at the way in which the English regiments had been sacrificed. 1871 Standard 23 Jan. Paris received the news of General Chanzy's check..without losing its stoicism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1626 |
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