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单词 the sum of things
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the sum of things
a. the sum of things.
(a) The highest public interest; the public good. Cf. summum bonum n. Obsolete. [After classical Latin summa rērum summa rerum n.]
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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > general or public
wealth1390
common gooda1393
the sum of things?c1400
public good1427
commonweal1429
weal1444
commonwealtha1450
public weala1470
common publicc1475
weal-public1495
public wealth1541
public welfare1579
publica1586
public interest1591
the public (also general) concern1707
summa rerum1715
the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > the totality of being
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?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. vi. l. 4026 Ofte tyme it bitideþ þat þe somme of þinges þat ben to don is taken to good folk to gouerne.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 673 Had not th' Almightie Father..Consulting on the sum of things, foreseen This tumult. View more context for this quotation
1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 268 The Modern Chiefs were holding a Consult upon the Sum of Things.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lix. 276 Concessions, such as these, are of little moment to the sum of things.
1917 A. E. Housman in Times 31 Oct. 7/2 What God abandoned, these [army of mercenaries] defended, And saved the sum of things for pay.
(b) The totality of existence; the universe.
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1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxvi. 128 The glory of the sum of things Will flash along the chords and go. View more context for this quotation
1877 W. K. Clifford Lect. (1886) 394 (title) By a cosmic emotion..I mean an emotion which is felt in regard to the universe or sum of things, viewed as a cosmos or order.
1958 Philos. Q. 8 287 Many things can be said about items in the universe that cannot be said with equal propriety about the sum of things.
2005 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Apr. 27 Your name shouts out loud and strong that you are an invaluable and integral part of the sum of things.
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