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hylo-|haɪləʊ| = Gr. ὕλο- (ῡ), combining form of ὕλη wood, material, matter (see hyle). The modern formations are either technical terms of natural history (with hylo- = ‘wood’, ‘forest’) or of philosophy (with hylo- = ‘matter’). ˈhylobate [ad. mod.L. Hylobatēs (Illiger, 1811), a. Gr. ὑλοβάτης, f. -βατης walker], a long-armed ape or gibbon. hyˈlobatine a. [-ine], belonging to, or characteristic of, the Hylobatinæ, or anthropoid apes allied to Hylobates. † hyˈlobian [Gr. ὑλόβι-ος (f. βίος life)] (see quot.). hylo-ˈgenesis [genesis], the origin or formation of matter (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886); so hyˈlogeny [cf. F. hylogénie]. ˌhylo-iˈdeal a., pertaining to hylo-idealism. ˌhylo-iˈdealism, the doctrine of R. Lewins that reality belongs to the immediate object of belief as such; material or somatic idealism, sensuous subjectivism; hence ˌhylo-iˈdealist, one who holds this. hyˈlology [-logy], a doctrine or theory concerning matter. † hyloˈmania [mania], excessive tendency towards materialism. hylo-ˈmorphic, hyloˈmorphical adjs., pertaining to hyloˈmorphism [Gr. µορϕή form], the doctrine that primordial matter is the First Cause of the universe; so hyloˈmorphist, a believer in hylomorphism. † hyloˈmorphous a., having a material form. † hylopaˈthetic a. = hylopathic. † hyloˈpathian a. [see hylopathy], pertaining to, or holding, the view that all things are affections of matter; also as n. one who holds this view. † hyloˈpathic a., capable of affecting or being affected by matter. hyˈlopathism, the doctrine that matter is sentient; hence hyˈlopathist, a believer in hylopathism. † hyˈlopathy [Gr. πάθος, -παθεια affection], a spirit's power of affecting matter. hyˈlophagous a. [f. Gr. ὑλοϕάγ-ος (f. -ϕαγος eating)], wood-eating (said of certain beetles) (Syd. Soc. Lex.). ˌhylo-pheˈnomenal a. = hylo-ideal; hence ˌhylo-pheˈnomenalism. † hyloˈstatic, -ical adjs. [Gr. στατικός causing to stand, static], that places or arranges matter. ˈhylotheism [theism], the doctrine that God and matter or the material universe are identical; material pantheism; hence ˈhylotheist, a believer in hylotheism; ˌhylotheˈistic a., pertaining to hylotheism. hyˈlotomous a. [f. Gr. ὑλοτόµ-ος (f. τέµνειν to cut) + -ous], wood-cutting (said of certain insects).[1871Darwin Desc. Man I. vi. 196 The anthropomorphous apes, namely the gorilla, chimpanzee, orang, and *hylobates.] 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Hylobii, or *Hylobians, a sect of Indian philosophers, thus denominated..in regard they retired to forests, to be more at leisure for the contemplation of nature.
1864H. Spencer Illustr. Univ. Progr. 125 *Hylogeny: Gravity, Matter, Ether... He [Oken] explains that.. Hylogeny [is the doctrine of] material totalities.
1883C. Naden in Jrnl. Science Mar. 127 Many a cherished illusion must fall when the..‘*Hylo-Ideal’ theory is finally established. 1884Cassell's Encycl. Dict. s.v., The central insistence of the hylo-ideal philosophy is that man is, for man, the measure of the universe.
1883C. Naden in Jrnl. Science Mar. 122 The standpoint of *hylo-idealism. 1891R. W. Dale in Contemp. Rev. Apr. 520 The philosophical creed which, under Dr. Lewins's teaching, Miss Naden accepted, is called ‘Hylo-Idealism’.
1856F. Hall Sánkhya-pravachanabháshya Pref. 7 The puerile *hylology of the Nyáya.
1711Shaftesbury Charac. Misc. ii. ii. (1737) III. 65 Being acted..at the same time, with an *Hylomania, whereby they madly dote upon Matter.
1881Dublin Rev. Ser. iii. V. 236 He..establishes the *hylo⁓morphical system held by St. Thomas.
1888J. Martineau Study Relig. I. ii. i. 324 No biomorphic or *hylomorphic doctrine can raise its head against the decree of Kant.
Ibid. 337 To mark the differentia of these three theories we may call them respectively Anthropomorphism, Biomorphism, and *Hylomorphism. 1897Month Sept. 332 The scholastic doctrine of hylomorphism.
1888J. Martineau Study Relig. II. iii. i. 142 ‘Matter’, construed by the *hylomorphists, declares itself competent to all.
1895F. Hall Two Trifles 27 Solidiform spirits, whether *hylo⁓morphous or otherwise, are an object of rational curiosity.
1655–87H. More App. Antid. (1712) 228 Whether in mere Spirits themselves any arbitrary impenetrability cannot be a part of this *Hylopathetick faculty, I leave others to discuss.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. Pref. 9 The eduction of all things, even life and understanding it self, out of matter, in the way of qualities, or as the passions and affections thereof, generable and corruptible; which form of atheism is styled by us..‘*hylopathian’. Ibid. i. v. 759 This was the Subterfuge of the Old Hylopathian Atheists. c1800R. Cumberland John de Lancaster (1809) I. 269 Thales, the hylopathian, whose principle of things was water.
1682H. More Annot. Glanvill's Lux O. 217 A kind of *Hylo⁓pathick disposition of Impenetrability.
1864Webster, *Hylopathism, *Hylopathist. [1655–87H. More App. Antid. iii. (1712) 189 This affection of a Spirit we will make bold to call..by one Greek term ὑλοπάθεια which..we will as plainly as we can define thus, A power in a Spirit..of becoming..so firmly and closely united to a Body, as both to actuate, and to be acted upon, to affect, and be affected thereby.]
Ibid. 228 The voluntary exertion of this *Hylopathy.
1891Daily News 3 Apr. 5/2 The *Hylo-Phenomenal theorem of existence.
1884Cassell's Encycl. Dict., Hylo-idealism,..is sometimes called *hylo-phenomenalism.
1676H. More Remarks 141 That matter is misplaced, and the *Hylostatick Spirit of the Universe would dispose of it better.
Ibid. 118 That which I call the Hylarchical or *Hylostatical Spirit of the world.
1828Webster, *Hulotheism, the doctrine or belief that matter is God, or that there is no God, except matter and the universe. 1847in Craig. 1864Webster, Hulotheism, Hylotheism. 1881Jrnl. Science Jan. 50 All adoration therefore ‘becomes pure Hylo⁓theism and self-worship’.
1859F. Hall Contrib. towards Index 1 Aphorisms of the *hylotheistic theory.
Add: hyloˈbatid Zool., any anthropoid ape of the family Hylobatidae, the lesser apes, including gibbons and siamangs and characterized by long arms and hook-like hands which facilitate brachiation; also as adj.
1973D. M. Rumbaugh Anat., Dentition, Taxon., Molecular Evolution & Behavior 67 In recent *hylobatid species the relationship of the 2 mesial cusps of the lower molars varies considerably. Ibid. 83 Propliopithecus haeckeli has long been regarded as a fossil hylobatid. 1980Cambr. Encycl. Archaeol. 57/2 Brachiation was once thought to be typical of all apes and even of early man, but it is now known to be restricted to hylobatids. |