hylozoism
noun
the doctrine that matter is inseparable from life, which is a property of matter.
hylozoist
-
a word derived from
hylozoism.
Example Sentences
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It would be modernising him too severely to style him a hylozoist.
From Nature Mysticism by John Edward Mercer
It will be remembered that Thales had placed the cause of motion in matter itself, not in something other than matter; that is to say, he was to all intents and purposes a hylozoist.
From Nature Mysticism by John Edward Mercer
Either of these suppositions would be the death of natural philosophy: the hylozoist endows matter with a property which conflicts with its nature, and the theist oversteps the boundary of possible experience.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
