monistic
Americanadjective
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This idea was held by the so-called pre-Socratics, a disparate group of philosophers who lived somewhat near each other and were born prior to Socrates but whose metaphysical positions, even if monistic, were wildly different.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
It is tempting to look at the list of monistic answers and dismiss the thought quickly.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Enlightenment, the goal of Buddhists and other spiritual seekers, is supposedly monistic.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2019
Philosopher William James described it as a fundamental approach to all life, which preserves our sense of agency and possibility, as opposed to monistic philosophies of all stripes.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2018
Both these truth-claiming hypotheses are non-dualistic in the old mind-and-matter sense; but the one is monistic and the other pluralistic as to the world process itself.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William
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