theosophyn.

/θiːˈɒsəfi/

Etymology: < medieval Latin theosophia (Scotus Erigena a880), < late Greek θεοσοϕία (c500 Pseudo-Dion. Myst. Theologia i. §1) wisdom concerning God or things divine, abstract noun < θεόσοϕος theosoph n. So French théosophie (18th cent. in Littré).The word was revived early in the 17th cent. in Latin and vernacular forms, to denote a kind of speculation, such as is found in the Jewish Cabbala and is illustrated by the writings of Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535), Paracelsus, Robert Fludd, and others, which sought, usually by the doctrine of the macrocosm and microcosm, to derive from the knowledge of God contained in sacred books, or traditions mystically interpreted, a profounder knowledge and control of nature than could be obtained by the methods of the Aristotelian or other current philosophy. The name theosophy was often applied specifically to the system of Jacob Boehme (1575–1624), which, though not claiming to the same degree traditional authority, was largely expressed in language borrowed from writers of the school in question. The word has then and since been applied to more ancient and more recent views having more or less affinity to those already mentioned.

1. Any system of speculation which bases the knowledge of nature upon that of the divine nature: often with reference to such authors as those above mentioned, and more particularly to Boehme.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning God or a god > [noun] > theosophy

theosophy1650

theosophism1791

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > wisdom

tastea1400

sapience1598

theosophy1837

1650 T. Vaughan Anthroposophia Theomagica To Rdr. sig. B4 The Ancient, reall Theosophie of the Hebrewes and Egyptians.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 377 Xenophanes philosophizing concerning the Supreme Deity, was wont to call it ἕν και πᾶν, One and All... Xenophanes his Theosophy, or Divine Philosophy, is most fully declared by Simplicius.

1678 H. More Let. 25 May 48 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) The sound Principles of Theosophy and true Divinity.

1691 E. Taylor J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. 171 What is all Sacred Theosophy, but the very understanding of a certain Divine Art?

1831 T. Carlyle Early German Lit. in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 194 That..devout temper, now degenerating into abstruse theosophy..was awake in this era.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 541 His own models were the oriental reveries of the Cabbala, and the theosophy of the mystics.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 544 The theosophy of Paracelsus.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 19 The Italians furnished few converts to the theosophy of Lepaux, they numbered very many quiet and contemptuous unbelievers.

1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. xiii. 483 There was a strong affinity between the neo-Platonic philosophy of Alexandria and the Oriental theosophy which sprang from Buddhism and other kindred systems.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. i. v. 30 Among the Germans I find mysticism generally called theosophy when applied to natural science. Too narrow a use of the word, I think.

1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. iii. 102 Porphyry and Hierocles met them with haughty mysticism and intellectual theosophy.

1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant Introd. ii. 17 The philosophies or theosophies that close the record of Greek speculation.

2. Applied to a system of recent origin, resembling the above in its claim to a knowledge of nature profounder than is obtained from empirical science, and contained in an esoteric tradition of which the doctrines of the various historical religions are held to be only the exoteric expression. Sometimes called Esoteric Buddhism. See Theosophical Society at theosophical adj. b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > theosophy

theosophy1881

theosophism1896

hermetism1898

1881 A. P. Sinnett Occult World 172 They have shown that Theosophy, or Occult Philosophy, is no new candidate for the world's attention, but is really a restatement of principles which have been recognized from the very infancy of mankind.

1884 Christian World 16 Oct. 788/3 Theosophy is really another name for Esoteric Buddhism.

1885 H. S. Olcott Theosophy Pref. 13 Theosophy is the complement both of science and of philosophy, and as such is entitled to the respectful examination of the savant and the theologian.

1885 H. S. Olcott Theosophy 256 That priceless knowledge of divine things which we call Theosophy.

1910 A. Besant in Theosophist Jan. 526 What is the essence of Theosophy? It is the fact that man being himself divine, can know the Divinity whose life he shares.

1910 A. Besant in Theosophist Jan. 527 Theosophy has no code of morals, being itself the embodiment of the highest morality.

3. In etymological sense: Wisdom or knowledge concerning things divine.Apparently an isolated use.

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a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. App. 416 An organ of Imagination is intimately connected with that of Theosophy or Veneration.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	theosophy
释义	theosophyn. /θiːˈɒsəfi/ Etymology: < medieval Latin theosophia (Scotus Erigena a880), < late Greek θεοσοϕία (c500 Pseudo-Dion. Myst. Theologia i. §1) wisdom concerning God or things divine, abstract noun < θεόσοϕος theosoph n. So French théosophie (18th cent. in Littré).The word was revived early in the 17th cent. in Latin and vernacular forms, to denote a kind of speculation, such as is found in the Jewish Cabbala and is illustrated by the writings of Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535), Paracelsus, Robert Fludd, and others, which sought, usually by the doctrine of the macrocosm and microcosm, to derive from the knowledge of God contained in sacred books, or traditions mystically interpreted, a profounder knowledge and control of nature than could be obtained by the methods of the Aristotelian or other current philosophy. The name theosophy was often applied specifically to the system of Jacob Boehme (1575–1624), which, though not claiming to the same degree traditional authority, was largely expressed in language borrowed from writers of the school in question. The word has then and since been applied to more ancient and more recent views having more or less affinity to those already mentioned. 1. Any system of speculation which bases the knowledge of nature upon that of the divine nature: often with reference to such authors as those above mentioned, and more particularly to Boehme. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning God or a god > [noun] > theosophy theosophy1650 theosophism1791 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > wisdom tastea1400 sapience1598 theosophy1837 1650 T. Vaughan Anthroposophia Theomagica To Rdr. sig. B4 The Ancient, reall Theosophie of the Hebrewes and Egyptians. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 377 Xenophanes philosophizing concerning the Supreme Deity, was wont to call it ἕν και πᾶν, One and All... Xenophanes his Theosophy, or Divine Philosophy, is most fully declared by Simplicius. 1678 H. More Let. 25 May 48 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) The sound Principles of Theosophy and true Divinity. 1691 E. Taylor J. Behmen's Theosophick Philos. 171 What is all Sacred Theosophy, but the very understanding of a certain Divine Art? 1831 T. Carlyle Early German Lit. in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 194 That..devout temper, now degenerating into abstruse theosophy..was awake in this era. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 541 His own models were the oriental reveries of the Cabbala, and the theosophy of the mystics. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 544 The theosophy of Paracelsus. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 19 The Italians furnished few converts to the theosophy of Lepaux, they numbered very many quiet and contemptuous unbelievers. 1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. xiii. 483 There was a strong affinity between the neo-Platonic philosophy of Alexandria and the Oriental theosophy which sprang from Buddhism and other kindred systems. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. i. v. 30 Among the Germans I find mysticism generally called theosophy when applied to natural science. Too narrow a use of the word, I think. 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. iii. 102 Porphyry and Hierocles met them with haughty mysticism and intellectual theosophy. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant Introd. ii. 17 The philosophies or theosophies that close the record of Greek speculation. 2. Applied to a system of recent origin, resembling the above in its claim to a knowledge of nature profounder than is obtained from empirical science, and contained in an esoteric tradition of which the doctrines of the various historical religions are held to be only the exoteric expression. Sometimes called Esoteric Buddhism. See Theosophical Society at theosophical adj. b. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > [noun] > theosophy theosophy1881 theosophism1896 hermetism1898 1881 A. P. Sinnett Occult World 172 They have shown that Theosophy, or Occult Philosophy, is no new candidate for the world's attention, but is really a restatement of principles which have been recognized from the very infancy of mankind. 1884 Christian World 16 Oct. 788/3 Theosophy is really another name for Esoteric Buddhism. 1885 H. S. Olcott Theosophy Pref. 13 Theosophy is the complement both of science and of philosophy, and as such is entitled to the respectful examination of the savant and the theologian. 1885 H. S. Olcott Theosophy 256 That priceless knowledge of divine things which we call Theosophy. 1910 A. Besant in Theosophist Jan. 526 What is the essence of Theosophy? It is the fact that man being himself divine, can know the Divinity whose life he shares. 1910 A. Besant in Theosophist Jan. 527 Theosophy has no code of morals, being itself the embodiment of the highest morality. 3. In etymological sense: Wisdom or knowledge concerning things divine.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. App. 416 An organ of Imagination is intimately connected with that of Theosophy or Veneration. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1650
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