philanthropy

Japanese: philanthropy
philanthropy

…The word fraternity can mean friendship in the narrow sense, but as a translation of Western words such as the English word fraternity, it can also mean affection between brothers, and more broadly, affection that binds a group such as a family, and brotherly love between humans that embraces all humans as one family. In this broadest sense, fraternity is synonymous with philanthropy and brotherly love. The idea of ​​fraternity has existed since ancient times in both the East and the West, but it is in the West that the idea and institutionalization have been most clearly developed since modern times. …

*Some explanations of terms that mention "philanthropy" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…友愛という言葉は,狭くは〈友情friendship〉を意味する場合もあるが,特に英語fraternityなど西欧語の訳語として,兄弟の間の情愛から,さらにひろく家族など同一集団を結合する情愛,人間全体を一つの家族として包み込む人間相互の兄弟愛をも意味する。このもっとも広い意味で,友愛は〈博愛philanthropy〉〈隣人愛brotherly love〉と同義である。このような友愛の観念は,洋の東西を問わず古くからあるが,近代以降もっとも明確な観念と制度化を生んだのは,西欧の場合である。…

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