英:['nju:mə]
美:['njumə]
英:['nju:mə]
美:['njumə]
复数:pneumas或pneumata
noun
in theology soul, spiritspecifically: holy spirit
The adherents of these movements believe that the pneuma—Holy Spirit—plays a central role in their lives and their communities … —David Maxwell
in classical medicine an invisible liquid or vapor held to travel throughout the body and to be necessary to and associated with life
Pneuma, according to ancient Greeks and Romans, was a driving force in the body, necessary for maintaining bodily functions.—Judy Duchan
in Stoicism a mixture of air and fire held to be the divine organizing principle of the universe The distinctive contribution of Stoicism, at any rate by the time of Chrysippus, was to extend the explanatory role of pneuma beyond individual animal life, and to make it the vital power of the world as a whole. … Pneuma is the vehicle of the divine 'reason' (logos) which pervades and governs the entire world …—David Sedley
Of the four elements, the Stoics identify two as active (fire and air) and two as passive (water and earth). The active elements, or at least the principles of hot and cold, combine to form breath or pneuma. Pneuma, in turn, is the 'sustaining cause' … of all existing bodies and guides the growth and development of animate bodies.—Dirk Baltzly
19世纪末起,英语中使用“breath”、“spirit”、“soul”、“a breathing”等多种意义的词汇,也作为技术术语。源自希腊语 pneuma,意为“吹,风,爆炸; 微风; 影响; 呼吸的空气,气息; 气味,香味; 人的精神; 灵感,精神,鬼魂”,源自 pnein “吹,呼吸”,源自拟声词根 *pneu- “呼吸”(比较希腊语 pnoe “呼吸”, pnoia “呼吸”; 古英语 fnora “打喷嚏”, fnæran “喷鼻息”)。
普纽玛
Greek
The first known use of pneuma was in 1559
1 The key function is enriching lung and kidney, beneficing pneuma.
补益肺肾,秘精益气。
2 Plutarch also recorded a number of physical characteristics about the pneuma.
普鲁塔克还记录了灵气的一些物理性质。
3 The pneuma and energy will work in balance when the energy center is activated.
整个能量中心被激活,元气和能量在整个身体里平衡运行。
4 Enriching consumptive disease, benefiting pneuma, protect lung and tonifying kidney, support healthy energy.
补虚损,益精气,保肺益肾,扶正固本。
5 So many impressive stories wash our pneuma just like the limpid spring.
一个个催人泪下的故事如清纯的山泉,涤荡着我们的灵魂。
1 灵魂
psychic spirit soul Psyche ka anima atman inner man psycho- ghost fetch Geist entelechy ghostly heart psyche geist manes separate spiritual inward pneumatic astral immaterial supersensible life familiar shade sprite ba
2 创造力
7 精神
mental spiritual inner ghostly platonic incorporeal nonmaterial psychal go mind spirit soul genius wit Psyche esprit mens Geist psych- psycho- inner man internal psychological psychic bezazz form heart youth steam zip gut courage ginger mentality mercury morale spirituality psyche psycho gimp mettle nous pith vigour spunk mickey pecker dauber geist puissance pushiness pneumato- unfleshly incorporate interior immaterial supersensible unphysical unbodied supersensual phren- life ambition savvy stamina inward ethos sensorium