Hylozoism is the philosophical point of view that all matter (including the universe as a whole) is in some sense alive. This may include the view that `inanimate` matter has latent powers of abiogenesis. The concept dates to the Milesian school of pre-Socratic philosophers and was introduced in English as a term by Ralph Cudworth in 1678. ==Dis.....
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doctrine that all matter is endowed with life
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• (n.) The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable.
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(from Greek hyl, `matter`; z, `life`), in philosophy, any system that views all matter as alive, either in itself or by participation in the ... [3 related articles]
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Hy`lo·zo'ism noun [ Greek ... wood, matter + ... life, from ... to live: confer French
hylozoïsme .] The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable. [ R.]
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the philosophical conjecture that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is inseparable from matter.
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hylozoism The philosophical doctrine holding that all matter has life, which is a property or derivative of matter.
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(Gr. hyle, mattei -- zoe, life) The doctrine that life is a property of matter, that matter and life are inseparable, that life is derived from matter, or that matter has spiritual properties. The conception of nature as alive or animated, of reality as alive. The original substance as bearing within itself the cause of all motion and change. The ....
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the doctrine that matter is inseparable from life, which is a property &hasp;of &hasp;matter.
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