单词 | thanatism |
释义 | thanatismn. The belief or doctrine that at death the human soul ceases to exist. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > doctrines concerning the soul > [noun] > mortalism mortalism1646 thanatism1900 1900 Academy 1 Dec. 512/1 For ourselves we prefer to say that even atheism and thanatism are speculations. 1902 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Riddle of Universe xi. 67/1 We give the name of ‘thanatism’..to the opinion which holds that at a man's death..his ‘soul’ also disappears,—that is, that sum of cerebral functions which psychic dualism regards as a peculiar entity, independent of the other vital processes in the living body. 1902 J. McCabe tr. E. Haeckel Riddle of Universe xi. 69/1. Derivatives ˈthanatist n. a believer in thanatism. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > doctrines concerning the soul > [noun] > mortalism > believer in mortalist1646 mortalian1647 anti-eternitarian1746 thanatist1902 1902 W. S. Lilly in 19th Cent. Mar. 466 I suppose that thanatists, as it is the fashion to call them, are really not very numerous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1900 |
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