fire philosophers

English

fire philosophers

plural of fire philosopher
- 1797, “Fire-Philosophers”, in Colin Macfarquhar, editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 7, 3rd edition, Edinburgh: A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, OCLC 593057373, page 253:
  Fire-Philosophers, or Philosophi per ignem, […] The distinguishing tenet from which they derived this appellation was, that the intimate essences of natural things were only to be known by the trying efforts of fire, directed in a chemical process. They were also called Theosophists, from their declaring against human reason as a dangerous and deceitful guide, and representing a divine and supernatural illumination as the only means of arriving at truth.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fire philosopher.

单词	fire philosophers
释义	fire philosophers English Noun fire philosophers plural of fire philosopher 1797, “Fire-Philosophers”, in Colin Macfarquhar, editor, Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 7, 3rd edition, Edinburgh: A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, OCLC 593057373, page 253: Fire-Philosophers, or Philosophi per ignem, […] The distinguishing tenet from which they derived this appellation was, that the intimate essences of natural things were only to be known by the trying efforts of fire, directed in a chemical process. They were also called Theosophists, from their declaring against human reason as a dangerous and deceitful guide, and representing a divine and supernatural illumination as the only means of arriving at truth. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fire philosopher.
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