...One tendency sees the mind as being in a relationship of continuity or affinity with the body and objects, while the other emphasizes the discontinuity and oppositional relationship between them, and focuses exclusively on rational mental activity that transcends the physical and sensory dimensions of existence. In terms of developmental order, the first view is older, and the Greek word psyche (or anima in Latin), which corresponds to the mind or soul, originally meant breath, a kind of life force that resides in and moves the body of a living person and leaves the body at death. However, in classical Greece, centered around Athens, another usage had already become common.... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "psychē" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…一つの傾向は心を身体や物体との連続あるいは親和の関係でとらえ,他方はその間の非連続と対立関係を強調し,身体的・感覚的な存在次元を超える理性的な精神活動にもっぱら注目する。発生的な順序では第1の見方が古く,心あるいは魂に相当するギリシア語の〈プシュケーpsychē〉(ラテン語ではアニマanima)は,原義においては気息(息)を意味し,生きた人間の身体に宿ってこれを動かし,死に際してその身から離れ去る生気のごときものを指す言葉であった。しかしアテナイを中心とする古典期のギリシアでは,もうひとつ別の用法がすでに一般化している。… ※「psychē」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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