Ukuhlonipha (umuzwa)

Ukuhlonipha (/ˈrɛvərəns/) "umuzwa noma isimo sengqondo senhlonipho ejulile esinokwesaba; ukuhlonishwa".[1] Igama elithi "ukuhlonipha" osukwini lwanamuhla livame ukusetshenziswa ebuhlotsheni nenkolo.Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi inkolo ivame ukukhuthaza imizwelo ngokuqaphela unkulunkulu, amandla angaphezu kwawemvelo, nokungachazeki.Ukuhlonipha kuhilela ukuzithoba komuntu siqu ekuqapheleni ngenhlonipho okuthile okubonakala kukhulu kunomuntu. Ngakho-ke inkolo ngokuvamile iyindawo lapho kuhlonishwa khona.

Kodwa-ke, ngokufana nokwesaba, ukuhlonipha kungumzwelo ngokwawo, futhi kungazwakala ngaphandle kwendawo yenkolo.[2]Ngenkathi ukwesaba kungabonakala ngokuthi "ukuzwela okukhulu kobukhulu," ukuhlonipha kubonakala kakhulu njengokuvuma ukusabela okungokoqobo kokuthile okuhle kakhulu ngendlela yomuntu siqu (yokuziphatha noma engokomoya), kodwa ngaphezu kwakhe" USolomoni uchaza ukwesaba njengokungenzi lutho, kodwa ukuhlonipha njengokusebenza, ephawula ukuthi umuzwa wokwesaba (okungukuthi, ukumangala) kusho ukukhubazeka, kanti imizwa yokuhlonipha ihlotshaniswa kakhulu nokuzibandakanya okusebenzayo kanye nomthwalo wemfanelo kulokho umuntu akuhloniphayo.[3][4] Imvelo, isayensi, izincwadi, ifilosofi, izazi zefilosofi ezinkulu, abaholi, abaculi, ubuciko, umculo, ukuhlakanipha, nobuhle ngamunye kungasebenza njengesikhuthazo nokugxila kokuhlonipha.

  1. Reverence | Define Reverence at Dictionary.com. (n.d.). Dictionary.com | Free Online Dictionary for English Definitions. Retrieved April 28, 2011, from http://dictionary.reference.com
  2. Gibbons, Kendyl (May 15, 2012). "Primal reverence". UU World (Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations) XXVII No. 2 (Summer 2012). http://www.uuworld.org/ideas/articles/199598.shtml. Retrieved July 24, 2012. "Reverence is an organic human experience that requires no supernatural explanations.'" 
  3. Roberts, R. C. (2003). Emotions: An essay in aid of moral psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 268
  4. Solomon, R. C. (2002). Spirituality for the skeptic: The thoughtful love of life. New York: Oxford University Press

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