hylozoism
noun
the doctrine that matter is inseparable from life, which is a property of matter.
hylozoic
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a word derived from
hylozoism.
Example Sentences
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This hylozoic doctrine, some modern scientific men, as Professor Tyndall, seem inclined to adopt.
From What is Darwinism? by Charles Hodge
Cudworth criticizes two main forms of materialistic atheism, the atomic, adopted by Democritus, Epicurus and Hobbes; and the hylozoic, attributed to Strato, which explains everything by the supposition of an inward self-organizing life in matter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
The doctrine of Materialism stands equally related to the "mechanical" form of Atheism, and to the "hylozoic" form of Pantheism.
From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by James Buchanan
Hence two distinct, and even opposite forms of Pantheism,—the material or hylozoic, and the ideal or spiritual.
From Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws by James Buchanan
