Idola (English spelling)

Japanese: イドラ(英語表記)idola
Idola (English spelling)
Idol. (1) An image made to represent a god and to be an object of faith and worship. Idolatry is forbidden in the Bible, and all pagan gods were fiercely attacked by the prophets as idols. (2) A term used by F. Bacon. He listed four idols as preconceptions that must be eliminated in order to observe experience accurately: the idol of the tribe, the idol of the cave, the idol of the marketplace, and the idol of the theater.

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Japanese:
偶像。 (1) 神を象徴するものとして信仰,礼拝の対象としてつくられた像。聖書では偶像礼拝は禁じられており,異教の神々はすべて偶像であるとして預言者たちにより激しく攻撃された。 (2) F.ベーコンの用語。経験の正確な観察のために排除すべき先入見として4つの偶像,種族のイドラ,洞窟のイドラ,市場のイドラ,劇場のイドラ,をあげている。

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