Spinozist
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a word derived from
Spinozism.
Spinozismnounthe philosophical system of Spinoza, which defines God as the unique substance, as an impersonal deity, and as possessing an infinite number of attributes, of which we know only thought and extension, and an infinite number of modes, each modifying all of the attributes, these attributes and modes being regarded both as proceeding necessarily from the nature of God and as constituents of God.
Example Sentences
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The Spinozist doctrine of spontaneity, as Mr. Picton points out, means that the individual follows an impulse which "has its antecedents . . . in the chain of invariable sequences."
From Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive by Joseph Warschauer
A Spinozist to the core, he believes in individual luck, not in liberty, nor in responsibility.
From Amiel's Journal by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Goethe, a Spinozist who did not believe in Spinoza, said that he could bring his mind to the conception that in the centre of space we might meet with a monad of pure intelligence.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
In these it was not biblical and still less ecclesiastical Christianity which he sought with glowing eloquence to address to the hearts of the German people, but Spinozist pantheism.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz
He can be called a Spinozist only by those who, like Jacobi, have this title ready for everyone who expresses himself against a transcendent, personal God, and the unconditional freedom of the will.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg