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ENTHUSIASM, a word originally meaning inspiration by a divine afflatus or by the presence of a god. The Gr. evBovmaa/MS, from which the word is adapted, is formed from the verb tvOoixTiafav, to be tvOtos, possessed by a god (6eos). Applied by the Greeks to man ...

... rom Peiraeus to Athens, and persuaded his friends to accompany him. Filled with enthusiasm for the Socratic idea of virtue, he founded a school of his own in the Cynosarges, the hall of the bastards (vbOoi). Thither he attracted the poorer classes by the simpl ...

... n meant simply the re-emergence in others of the apostolic spirit of missionary enthusiasm. " The first rank in the succession of the apostles " consisted of men eminent as disciples of theirs, and so fitted to continue their labours (Euseb. iii. 37); and even ...

... til they were published in 1563 by the Jesuit Turrianus. At first received with enthusiasm, their authenticity soon came to be impugned; and their true significance was largely lost sight of as it began to be realized that they were not what they claimed to be ...

... ich England surpasses all other countries are in some measure the result of his enthusiasm. Im consequence of a scarcity of timber for naval purposes, and the increased expense during the Napoleonic war of obtaining foreign supplies, planting received a great ...

... f the affections; for some men are liable more than others to pity and fear and enthusiasm, but from sacred melodies we see them, when they have beard those which act orgiastically on the soul, becoming settled by a kind of medicine and purgation (naBapou), an ...

... which was nearest his heart, and in pamphlets, poems and songs communicated his enthusiasm to his countrymen. Schill's heroic death at Stralsund impelled him to return to Germany and, under the disguise of " Almann, teacher of languages," he reached Berlin in ...

... nalized by E. ll.illi v in 1716 ; they were later insisted upon by Lalande ; an enthusiasm for co-operation was evoked, and the globe, from Siberia to Otaheitc, was studded with observing parties. The outcome, nevertheless, disappointed expectation. The instan ...

... homely elevation in his, discourses, a natural freshness in his piety, a quiet enthusiasm in his manner, that charmed thoughtful hearers. Early in 1832 he lost his wife, a sorrow that deeply depressed him in health and spirits. Following his passion for indep ...

... ngaged in the investment of Paris. In consequence of this outbreak of patriotic enthusiasm, the school was soon after closed by Louis XVIII., and the young student was compelled to seek some other career instead of that of the soldier. He first engaged himself ...

... . 50; Cic. De sen. 5); of great industry and versatility; combining imaginative enthusiasm and a vein of religious mysticism with a sceptical indifference to popular beliefs and a scorn of religious imposture; and tempering the grave seriousness of a Roman wit ...

... eager to go to a university, but the guardians, acting under a perhaps genuine enthusiasm for the religious life, sent the boys to another school at Hertogenbosch; and when they returned after two or three years, prevailed on them to enter monasteries. Peter ...

... ample, philologists greater than themselves, and of having kindled the national enthusiasm for ancient learning. It is chiefly in hermeneutics that Ernest! has any claim to eminence as a theologian. But here his merits arc distinguished, and, at the period whe ...

... the effort of W. Corsscn (Die Sprache der Elrusker, 1875), in whom learning and enthusiasm were combined with loose methods of both epigraphy and grammar, to revive the view of Buonarroti. The only solid achievement in the period of Corssen's influence (1860-1 ...

... sits to his native city, and to Scotland, where he was welcomed with the utmost enthusiasm, and feted with the most gratifying heartiness by his brother-artists at Edinburgh. On the occasion of one of these visits he gave the finishing touches to his trio of J ...

... project, therefore, the prince went to Vienna, where he was received with great enthusiasm both by the people and by the court. " I am very well satisfied with you," said the emperor, " excepting on one point only, which is, that you expose yourself too much." ...

... n the Greeks the champions of their own cause. Philhellenism, beyond its proper enthusiasm, served as a convenient veil for agitations that had little concern with Greece. Other forces making for political change were simultaneously at work. The peace secured ...

... . The germs were Jewish; but, transported to a new soil, and watered with a new enthusiasm, they assumed new forms. These cannot claim the merit of correctness, but they are works of religious genius. At the same time, they employ all the resources of dialecti ...

... ture, honest work and simplicity of life, had impressed him greatly. Fired with enthusiasm, he now entered heart and soul on the task of realizing this ideal. Unfortunately, he was as yet without sufficient moral stamina to withstand recurring disappointments ...

... from the state courts in prize cases. Under the pressure of war, moreover, the enthusiasm, which had been strong at the outset, declined, and it became increasingly difficult to secure co-operation or sacrifice toward any general enterprise. At the same time, ...

... unrivalled series of paintings by Tintoretto, which called forth such unbounded enthusiasm on the part of Ruskin. Campanili. — Among the more striking features of Venice we must reckon the campanili or bell-towers (see CAMPANILE). These were at one time more n ...