impersonalism
AmericanEtymology
Origin of impersonalism
First recorded in 1895–1900; impersonal + -ism
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But impersonalism at the opposite pole in the form of abstract categories of being, causality, unity, identity, continuity, sufficient reason, etc., is equally untenable.
From International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics by Various
His favorite categories are personal, and he has a profound distaste for the impersonalism of science.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
Once, it was hard for man to admit this impersonalism.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
The idea of re-birth in accordance with a rigid moral law is alien to his traditions; while the impersonalism of the whole process leaves him cold.
From The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance by Roy Wood Sellars
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