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pantheism

/pan-thee-iz-uhm/US // ˈpæn θiˌɪz əm //UK // (ˈpænθɪˌɪzəm) //

泛神论,泛神教

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
    • : any religious belief or philosophical doctrine that identifies God with the universe.

Examples

  • In this debate, Lewis represents ‘mere Christianity’, Kennedy modern humanism, and Huxley ‘Eastern pantheism’.

  • Stripped of its parade and tinsel, however, this theory is nothing but the old pantheism revived.

  • The orthodox doctrine does not teach, as pantheism does, that our soul can not perish.

  • A form of a very doubtful Pantheism might be reached in this way, but not theism.

  • She had indeed a strong tendency to pantheism, for she expected the animals to rise again—a most unpleasant notion!

  • Into practical pantheism, and into the deification of human reason it does run.