单词 | thought is free |
释义 | > as lemmasthought is free a. thought is free (also thoughts are free) [compare classical Latin liberae sunt enim nostra cogitationes, et quae volunt sic intuentur ‘for our thoughts are free, and contemplate whatever they wish’ (Cicero, Pro Milone 79)] : people are at liberty to think as they like. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > without restraint [phrase] > one is free to do or think as one will thought is freea1393 it's a free country1813 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 4485 (MED) I have herd seid that thoght is fre. a1400 in W. L. Braekman Fortune-telling by Casting of Dice (1981) 27 ‘Yhaht [v.r. thowt] is fre,’ so says ye buk. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Vision of Abdy in Aggeus & Abdias Prophetes sig. Ddiiv He that lokes at a woman too luste for her, hays committed adultery, therfore let vs not deceiue oure selfes sayinge: thought is free, or I maye thinke what I lust. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 30 Thought is free my Lorde quoth she. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iii. 66 Now sir, thought is free . View more context for this quotation 1659 S. Cradock Knowl. & Pract. v. 231 In the worlds wicked proverb, thoughts are free. 1731 E. Thomas in R. Gwinnett & E. Thomas Pylades & Corinna I. 212 If Thought is free, and Pity too, Then sure Compassion is her due, Who languishes to Death for you. 1778 C. Reeve Old Eng. Baron 108 'Tis no matter, answered he; thoughts are free. 1840 Times 26 May 6/1 It also encourages me to hope that, however we may differ in opinion—and where thought is free, there must be differences—still, we shall always recollect that we are one people. 1892 W. Wallace tr. G. W. F. Hegel Logic (ed. 2) 66 In these material, non-metaphysical surroundings, thought is free. 1941 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 26 289 It is freedom of thought itself and when thought is free what can bind us? 1987 Rev. Amer. Hist. 15 199 Thought was free, but no member of the community might rile neighbors or abuse authorities. 2006 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 14 Feb. a 1 ‘I don't think anybody should tell anybody else what to read,’ she said. ‘Thoughts are free.’ < as lemmas |
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