Definition of Spinozism in English:
Spinozism
noun spɪˈnəʊzɪz(ə)mspəˈnoʊˌzɪzəm
mass nounThe theories and views proposed by the Dutch philosopher Spinoza.
the doctrine of this philosopher differed little from Spinozism
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no 'road to Damascus' conversion to Spinozism, only a steady but implacable deletion of default assumptions.
- It is not, as Spinozism conceives it, a purely mechanical aggregate, a mere sum.
- Stoicism and Spinozism are variations on the same basic world view.
- He brings a terrible authority to the cosmic Spinozism of the show's ethical pay-off.
- By the time he was in his early twenties, he had absorbed Darwinism and taken a special interest in Spinozism as an intellectual religion.
- It is only those who never destroy themselves too much who can retain a hostility to this aspect of Spinozism.
- On this occasion, it came to light how much Spinoza was really forgotten, and in what horror Spinozism was held.
- It was above all in Germany that this aspect of Spinozism had its greatest impact.
- Spinozism is essentially atheism, and had Spinoza lived in a less tolerant country, he would have been burned at the stake.
- Present-day materialism, he wrote, is a Spinozism that has become more or less aware of itself.
Definition of Spinozism in US English:
Spinozism
nounspəˈnoʊˌzɪzəmspəˈnōˌzizəm
The theories and views proposed by the Dutch philosopher Baruch de Spinoza.
the doctrine of this philosopher differed little from Spinozism
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no 'road to Damascus' conversion to Spinozism, only a steady but implacable deletion of default assumptions.
- He brings a terrible authority to the cosmic Spinozism of the show's ethical pay-off.
- On this occasion, it came to light how much Spinoza was really forgotten, and in what horror Spinozism was held.
- Spinozism is essentially atheism, and had Spinoza lived in a less tolerant country, he would have been burned at the stake.
- Stoicism and Spinozism are variations on the same basic world view.
- It was above all in Germany that this aspect of Spinozism had its greatest impact.
- It is not, as Spinozism conceives it, a purely mechanical aggregate, a mere sum.
- By the time he was in his early twenties, he had absorbed Darwinism and taken a special interest in Spinozism as an intellectual religion.
- It is only those who never destroy themselves too much who can retain a hostility to this aspect of Spinozism.
- Present-day materialism, he wrote, is a Spinozism that has become more or less aware of itself.