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“On the one hand, there is President Erdogan’s vision of a security state, a monist society, of power consolidated in the hands of the executive,” he said.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2023

Thales and two of his students, Anaximander and Anaximenes, made up the monist Milesian school.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

A monist believes that if people evaluate their values carefully—and the relationship between their values—then one value will be more important than the others and the others will serve that intrinsic value.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

For a monist, it is important to identify which value is more fundamental so that it can guide your beliefs, judgments, and actions.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The world of the monist was described as a 'block-universe' and the monist himself as 'wallowing in a sense of unbridled unity,' or something of the sort.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William