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The word psychosophy has etymological roots in the Greek words ψυχή (''psychē'') and σοφίᾱ (''sophiā''), which are often interpreted as "soul" and "wisdom," respectively. It was used in a wide variety of contexts from 1743 to the 1920s but fell out of use in the 20th century. There are several distinct contexts in which the word has been employed, including: # Early historical uses # Theosophical and neo-theosophical and Anthroposophical # The contemporary school of psychology founded by the American teacher, Scott Hamilton.〔(See Psychosophy.com )〕 ==Early historical usages and references== * Antonio Genovesi (1713–1769) was an Italian writer on philosophy and political economy. His first works were ''Elementa Melaphysicae'' (1743) and ''Lógica'' (1745). The former is divided into four parts: Ontosophy, Cosmosophy, Theosophy, and Psychosophy, and is supplemented by a treatise on ethics and a dissertation on first causes. * In 1913, the term was employed by the American philosopher and developmental psychologist James Mark Baldwin in his book ''History of Psychology: A Sketch and Interpretation'' (Volume I, Chapter II). Baldwin referenced the use of the word psychosophy in the 17th to 18th century as a "catch-all" term for early pre-scientific approaches to exploring the psyche (i.e., magic and mythic approaches preceding the rise of Western psychology as a formal scientific discipline). The term was similarly referenced in multiple subsequent psychological texts (e.g., Jared Sparks Moore's "Foundations of Psychology") in the '10s and early '20s, presumably employing the word in a manner similar to that of Baldwin. * ''A History of Psychology'', by Otto Klemm, Emil Carl Wilm, Rudolf Pintner, translated by Emil Carl Wilm, Rudolf Pintner, published by C. Scribner's Sons, 1914, original from the University of Michigan, digitized Oct 3, 2006, 380 pages, Psychosophy reference on p. 147: ''The word psychology does not occur previous to the sixteenth century. Melanchthon employed the term as a title of academic lectures. R. Gockel used it in 1590 as a collective title for the works of various authors. The term became generally known through Christian Wolff (1679–1754), who did so much for the establishment of philosophical terminology. Up to Wolff's time the term psychosophy, apparently introduced by J. J. Becker, seems to have been in use. The term pneumatology is also found in the writings of Leibniz.'' According to the philosopher Julio Ozan Lavoisier, ''Psychosophy'': "it is a knowledge of the first causes, which aims at the plenitude of human beings and their integration in the World through the unification of the mind".〔-''The Return to the Sources, Chapter Philosophy, Religion and Psychosophy''- Ed. Rueda, Madrid España, 1993〕 A basic principle of this discipline is that "psychic balance and moral balance are consecutive." Nevertheless, it does not deal with personal or subjective problems, as it may only bloom in mature spirits. Therefore, "psychosophy starts where psychology ends." "Psychosophy starts from an essential perspective (for which the author has developed a theory of perspective within his theory of knowledge), not from what has been revealed but from what is revealing" (Op. Cit.). Eleven years later, Ozan Lavoisier published ''Psychosophy. Psycho-philosophical research on the nature of human beings'',〔Julio Ozan Lavoisier, ''Psychosophy'', Ed. Dunquen, Buenos Aires, 2004〕 a thick volume in which he elaborates upon his method of knowledge in detail. He make clear that his discipline is not in search of news, but "perennial truths found in ancient traditions." It is essentially ''"a philosophy that makes use of transcendental psychology in order to provide grounds for a metaphysics, ethics, esthetics, a theory of knowledge and a philosophy of history, that is to say, a philosophical system."'' This system has been elaborated in future works. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Psychosophy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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