SPINOZISM
\spˈɪnə͡ʊzˌɪzəm], \spˈɪnəʊzˌɪzəm], \s_p_ˈɪ_n_əʊ_z_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God.
By Oddity Software
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spi-n[=o]z'izm, n. the doctrine of Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677), who taught that God is not only the creator, but also the original matter of the universe, which consists of and is a development of Himself.--n. SPIN[=O]'ZIST, a follower of Spinoza.--adj. SPIN[=O]ZIS'TIC.
By Thomas Davidson
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Doctrine of B. de Spinoza, a Spanish Jew (d. 1677), that there is one sole& infinite substance of which extension& mind are attributes& individual beings are changing forms. So Spinozist n., Spinozistic a.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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The philosophy of Benedict Spinoza, a Jew of Amsterdam, bom 1634 ; based on the proposition that " There can be no substance but God, and nothing can be conceived without God."
By Henry Percy Smith
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n. The system of Benedict Spinoza, which identified the being and essence of God with the matter and substance of the universe, and taught that every physical body and phenomenon, and every mental and moral agent and action, is but the natural development of Divinity according to the law of necessity or fate.
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