emanation
[emana(ɑ)sjɔ̃]
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f.
散发,放射;散发物,放射物;分离;表示,流露;〈化〉射气
Emanation
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abstract:
Emanation (literally "dripping") is a belief, found in Neoplatonism, that the cause of certain beings or states of being consists of an overflow from the essence of God or other higher spiritual beings, as opposed to a special act of creation. This overflow is usually conceived in a non-temporal way as a permanent relationship of causation rather than as an event causing an entity to come into existence at a given point in time.
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