Difference between revisions of "Privation"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_161111" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_161111" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56893" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56893" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 07:35, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.
(2): ( n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
(3): ( n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
is a philosophical term which, according to Plato, is limitation, imperfection, the inherent condition of all finite existence, and the necessary cause of evil. Leibnitz (Causa Dei, 69, 72; Essai suo la bonte de Dieu, 1iere partie, 29, 31; 3ieme partie, 378), after Augustine, Aquinas, and others, held similar views.
