world spirit
noun
(often initial capital letters) God.
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How to use world spirit in a sentence
He must be every one of the characters to whom he addresses himself—a genteel Goethe or Shakspeare, a fashionable world-spirit.
The Fitz-Boodle Papers | William Makepeace ThackerayA modern nation had arisen out of the old world-state and world-spirit.
The History of England | T.F. ToutBut the motive power of the world spirit is so infinite, that it is not satisfied until it has everything.
The Positive Outcome of Philosophy | Joseph DietzgenBut we cannot gain a world-spirit by a sudden destruction of our patriotism.
Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association | Intercollegiate Peace AssociationInstitutions change as history shows; but their change, the rise and fall of states, is the work of the "world-spirit."
Democracy and Education | John Dewey
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