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Spinozism

Spinozism proper noun: the philosophical doctrine of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) and his followers.

Proper noun

Spinozism

  1. The philosophical doctrine of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) and his followers.
    • A common weapon against Cartesians in those latter days was an accusation of Spinozism.1878, J. P. N. Land, “Philosophy in the Dutch Universities,”, in Mind, volume 3, number 9, page 96
    • But of course Spinozism in an empiricist mode is Spinozism with a considerable difference, as ethics written in Hume's preferred nonabstruse style (and increasingly nonabstruse from Treatise to Essays and Enquiries) sets a different tone from ethics in ordine geometrico.1993, Annette C. Baier, “David Hume, Spinozist”, in Hume Studies, volume 19

Origin of Spinozism

From Spinoza + -ism.

Questions about Spinozism

What does Spinozism mean?
Spinozism means the philosophical doctrine of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) and his followers.
What part of speech is Spinozism?
Spinozism is a proper noun.

Words near Spinozism in the dictionary

  1. spinout
  2. spinouts
  3. Spinoza
  4. Spinozan
  5. Spinozian
  6. Spinozism
  7. Spinozist
  8. Spinozistic
  9. Spinozists
  10. Spinozite
  11. spinplasmonics

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