All 5 Uses of
providence
in
The Idiot
- But I'll tell you why I have been awaiting you so impatiently, because I believe that Providence itself sent you to be a friend and a brother to me.†
Chpt 2.12 *providence = resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky
- And meanwhile I have never been able, in spite of my great desire to do so, to persuade myself that there is no future existence, and no Providence.†
Chpt 3.7
- Why am I to be judged because I could not comprehend the Will and Laws of Providence?†
Chpt 3.7
- No, no, I mean with the 'explanation,' especially that part of it where he talks about Providence and a future life.†
Chpt 3.9
- I confess to you, prince, as I would to Providence itself.†
Chpt 3.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(providence as in: divine providence) resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky -- especially with regard to when something happened
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely providence may mean to prepare for the future. This is the sense that relates more directly to provident or improvident.