| 单词 |
self-transcendence |
| 释义 |
self-tranˈscendence
[self- 1 a, d.]
Transcendence or surpassing of oneself or one's limitations; the achievement of or capacity to achieve a higher level of awareness, compassion, etc. Also self-tranˈscendency.
1885W. James in Mind X. 27 We are not to ask, ‘How is self-transcendence possible?’ 1895― in Psychol. Rev. II. 110 Those mysterious notions of self-transcendency and presence in absence which are such essential parts of the ideas of knowledge, both of common men and of philosophers. 1946J. S. Huxley Unesco ii. 62 Individuals..can only achieve fullest self-development by self-transcendence. 1956Essays in Criticism VI. 17 An irony of a more darkly moral colouring, a sardonic self-transcendence, was known to Friedrich Schlegel. 1975P. Baelz Forgotten Dream iii. 46 To place such emphasis on the possibility of creative self-transcendence..at once suggests that we have escaped from sober reality into a world of our own make-believe.
So self-tranˈscendent a., self-tranˈscending ppl. a.
1884W. James in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. of W. James (1935) I. xxxvi. 579 A consciousness not self-transcendent in form is inconceivable. 1904― in Jrnl. Philos. I. 538 Common-sense theories left the gap untouched, declaring our mind able to clear it by a self-transcending leap. 1948J. L. Adams tr. Tillich's Protestant Era v. 67 Self-transcending realism is a universal attitude toward reality..combines two elements, the emphasis on the real and the transcending power of faith. 1975P. Baelz Forgotten Dream ii. 25 Man also has the ability to distance himself from what is immediately presented to him as himself... He is self-transcending. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容：
相关热词搜索：selftranscendence英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
单词 seminifical 释义 † seminifical, a. Obs. rare—1.[Formed as prec. + -al1.]= prec.1646......