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partialitas

partialitas noun: the unique human position in Spinozan philosophy, where humans are simultaneously (i) 'finite modalities' as 'contingent' beings and (ii) because of human potential through the development and maturation of the intellect, a part of the 'infinite modalites' and hence a metaphysical part of the 'real'.

Noun

partialitas (uncountable)

  1. The unique human position in Spinozan philosophy, where humans are simultaneously (i) 'finite modalities' as 'contingent' beings and (ii) because of human potential through the development and maturation of the intellect, a part of the 'infinite modalites' and hence a metaphysical part of the 'real'.

Origin of partialitas

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partiality. Used by the British philosopher Harold Foster Hallett in his book Aeternitas: A Spinozistic Study (1930).

Questions about partialitas

What does partialitas mean?
Partialitas means the unique human position in Spinozan philosophy, where humans are simultaneously (i) 'finite modalities' as 'contingent' beings and (ii) because of human potential through the development and maturation of the intellect, a part of the 'infinite modalites' and hence a metaphysical part of the 'real'.
What part of speech is partialitas?
Partialitas is a noun.

Words near partialitas in the dictionary

  1. partialism
  2. partialisms
  3. partialist
  4. partialistic
  5. partialists
  6. partialitas
  7. partialities
  8. partiality
  9. partialization
  10. partializations
  11. partialize

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