idola specus (English spelling) idolaspecus

Japanese: idola specus(英語表記)idolaspecus
idola specus (English spelling) idolaspecus

…In this sense, it is the same as a statue of a god or a Buddha, but when it comes to the word “idol,” it includes the meaning of a different form or something that is not the real thing. As a philosophical term, it is a translation of the Latin word “idola” (singular “idolum,” the origin of the English word “idol”), which means a figure or image. During the Renaissance, G. Bruno used this word to mean a preconception that makes it impossible to see the real thing, and then F. Bacon analyzed “idols that enslave the human intellect,” naming those that lie hidden in human nature because we are human beings “idola tribus” (idola of the race), preconceptions that individuals have “idola specus” (idola of the cave), prejudices that arise from social life “idola fori” (idola of the marketplace), and those that arise from academic theory “idola theatri” (idola of the theater), showing that it is difficult to recognize things as they are. Bacon said that innate idols in particular cannot be removed. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "idola specus" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…この意味では神像や仏像と同じであるが,とくに〈偶像〉という場合には,真のものではない別の姿ないし中間に介在するものという意味合いを含んでいる。哲学用語としては姿とか像を意味するラテン語のイドラidola(単数形idolum,英語のアイドルidolの語源)の訳語であるが,ルネサンス期にG.ブルーノが本当のものを見えなくさせる先入見の意味でこの語を用い,ついでF.ベーコンが〈人間の知性をとりこにしている偶像〉を分析して,人類なるがゆえに人間本性にひそむものを〈種族の偶像idola tribus〉,個人のもつ先入見を〈洞窟の偶像idola specus〉,社会生活から起こる偏見を〈市場の偶像idola fori〉,学説から生じるものを〈劇場の偶像idola theatri〉と名付け,ありのままの認識が困難であることを示した。とくに生得的な偶像は取り除くことができないとベーコンは言っている。…

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