| 单词 | will to believe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswill to believe will to believe n. the inclination to accept a particular belief, esp. an article of religious faith.Popularized by the title of William James's essay (see quot. 1897). ΚΠ 1891 G. B. Shaw Let. 29 July (1965) I. 301 John Robertson seeks for facts that support his will-to-believe that Materialist-Rationalists are the only honest Secularists. 1897 W. James Will to Believe 1 I have brought with me..a defence of our right to adopt a believing attitude in religious matters, in spite of the fact that our merely logical intellect may not have been coerced. ‘The Will to Believe’, accordingly, is the title of my paper. 1931 J. S. Huxley What dare I Think? iv. 143 Only by banishing the driving force of emotion and the false certitude of the will-to-believe..does she [sc. Science] arrive at greater power. 1986 H. S. Stout New Eng. Soul (2012) ii. 39 Although the work of the Holy Spirit and their will to believe might seem simultaneous the work of the Spirit came first in order of ‘nature’. < as lemmas |
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