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1. Anaˈxagorize, v. View full entry 1678
...To hold or teach the principles of Anaxagoras....
2. atomic, adj. and n. View full entry 1678
...Hist. Sci. Designating the doctrine of atoms taught by Leucippus and his pupil Democritus in the 5th cent. b.c.; relating to this doctrine. Cf. atom3....
3. atomicism, n. View full entry 1678
...The atomic philosophy of ancient Greece (see atomic1a)....
4. atomism, n. View full entry 1678
...Hist. Sci. The doctrine or theory that all things are formed of tiny indivisible particles; atomic philosophy; atomic theory....
5. atomology, n. View full entry 1678
...The science or philosophy that deals with the properties or behaviour of atoms (atom34). Cf. atomic theory...
6. autokinesy, n. View full entry 1678
...Self-generated motion or energy; = self-motion...
7. conative, adj. and n. View full entry a1688
...Philos. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, conation; exertive....
8. corˈporealism, n. View full entry 1678
...Materialism. Also fig....
9. cosmoplastic, adj. View full entry 1678
...Maintaining an inanimate plastic nature to be the highest principle of the universe. Obs....
10. Demiurge, n. View full entry 1678
...A name for the Maker or Creator of the world, in the Platonic Philosophy; in certain later systems, as the Gnostic, conceived as a being subordinate to the Supreme Being, and sometimes...
11. † ˌepisteˈmonical, adj. View full entry a1688
...? Capable of becoming an object of knowledge....
12. ethicalness, n. View full entry 1678
...The quality of being ethical....
13. fantasticism, n. View full entry a1688
...The doctrine that there is no objective reality; subjectivism. Obs....
14. † ˈhenad, n. View full entry 1678
...A unit, monad (in the Platonic philosophy)....
15. Heraclitic, adj. and n. View full entry 1678
...= Heraclitean...
16. hylozoic, adj. View full entry 1678
...Of or pertaining to hylozoism; believing in hylozoism; materialistic....
17. hylozoism, n. View full entry 1678
...The theory that matter is endowed with life, or that life is merely a property of matter....
18. hylozoist, n. View full entry 1678
...A believer in hylozoism; a materialist....
19. mechanizing, n. View full entry 1678
...The action of mechanize (in quot. 1678 used attrib.); mechanization....
20. nous, n. View full entry 1678
...Ancient Greek Philos. Mind, intellect; intelligence; intuitive apprehension....
