theosophy的词源

英文词源

theosophy (n.): 1640s (implied in theosophical), "knowledge of pine things obtained through mystic study," from Medieval Latin theosophia (c.880), from Late Greek theosophia (c.500) "wisdom concerning God or things pine," from Greek theosophos "one wise about God," from theos "god" (see theo-) + sophia "skill, knowledge of, acquaintance with; philosophy," from sophos "wise, learned" (see sophist).

Applied variously over the years, including to the followers of Swedenborg. Taken as the name of a modern philosophical system (sometimes called Esoteric Buddhism), founded in New York 1875 as "Theosophical Society" by Madame Blavatsky and others, which has elements of Hinduism and Buddhism and claims supernatural knowledge of the pinity and his words deeper than that obtained from empiricism. Related: Theosophist.

theo-,神，-sophy,知识，学习，词源同 sophist,philosophy.

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