| 单词 |
illuminism |
| 释义 |
illuminism|ɪˈl(j)uːmɪnɪz(ə)m|
[ad. F. illuminisme (in Dict. Acad. 1835), f. illuminer to illumine: see -ism.]
The doctrine or principles of the illuminati, or of any sect so called; gen. a theory, doctrine, or practice which involves belief in or claim to extraordinary spiritual or intellectual enlightenment, or an aim or purpose to bring about such enlightenment in society.
1798W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXVII. 509 The history of illuminism will form a most interesting chapter in modern ecclesiastical annals. 1811Shelley Let. to Godwin 2 Mar., The very great influence which some years since was gained by Illuminism. 1840Fraser's Mag. XXI. 548 In Spain, Illuminism associated itself with freemasonry. 1856R. S. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. viii. ix. 99 In that age of professed Illuminism, in the times of Voltaire and Diderot, when universal Aufklärung was to banish every mediæval phantasm. 1861H. Browne in Aids to Faith vii. 295 The very principle of illuminism was, that there is, in man's inmost consciousness, an intuitional knowledge of truth. 1879Farrar St. Paul xxxix. II. 266 Conceited illuminism is as deep an offence against charity as saintly self-satisfaction. |
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