…Newton’s law of universal gravitation is an “action at a distance,” but the Cartesians criticized that actions at a distance are of a “hidden occult” nature. For example, Neoplatonism accepted the correspondence between the macrocosm and the microcosm, and the astrological powers that use “emanatio” (which, from the perspective of the microcosm, humans, would be “influentia,” or “influence”), which were “hidden occult.” However, the belief in the existence of such powers constitutes a field of knowledge even today, along with “telekinesis,” which is a transformation of the life force that is said to be unique to humans and living things. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "influentia" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ニュートンの万有引力は〈遠隔作用〉であるが,遠隔的な作用が〈隠れたoccult〉性質のものだという批判はデカルト派が提起した。例えば新プラトン主義では,大宇宙(マクロコスモス)と小宇宙(ミクロコスモス)の対応,そのなかでの〈流出emanatio〉を使っての占星術的支配力(逆に小宇宙たる人間の側からみれば,それは〈流入influentia〉すなわち〈影響力〉ということになる)が受け入れられており,それらは〈隠れたoccult〉ものであったからである。しかし,そうした力の存在への信頼は,人間や生物に特有とされる生命力の転化でもある〈念力〉などと並んで,今日でさえ一つの知識領域を構成する。… ※「influentia」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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