Spinozism

[ spi-noh-ziz-uhm ]

noun

1. the philosophical system of Spinoza, which defines God as the unique substance, as an impersonal deity, and as possessing an infinite number of attributes, of which we know only thought and extension, and an infinite number of modes, each modifying all of the attributes, these attributes and modes being regarded both as proceeding necessarily from the nature of God and as constituents of God.

Spinozism

/ spɪˈnəʊzɪzəm /

noun

1. the philosophical system of Spinoza, esp the concept of God as the unique reality possessing an infinite number of attributes of which we can know at least thought and extension

Derived Forms

• Spiˈnozist, noun

Other Words From

• Spi·nozist noun
• Spi·no·zis·tic [spi-noh-, zis, -tik, spin-oh-], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Spinozism¹

First recorded in 1720–30; Spinoz(a) + -ism

Example Sentences

You have in this distinction the division line between Spinozism and Atheism.

From Project Gutenberg

Dugald Stewart goes so far as to call him an Atheist: "In no part of Spinoza's works has he avowed himself an Atheist; but it will not be disputed by those who comprehend the drift of his reasonings, that, in point of practical tendency, Atheism and Spinozism are one and the same."

From Project Gutenberg

"Coming to Understanding" aspires to answer this "antique, impassable" question, but first it must rule out three of its "more familiar competitors": theism, Spinozism, and the Many Worlds hypothesis.

From Slate

This confederacy was dissolved, when the pantheistical tendency of Schelling's philosophy became more apparent; and Frederick Schlegel, in particular, became afterwards the most strenuous and formidable opponent of a philosophic system which appeared to him, and rightly enough, only a more subtle and refined Spinozism.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1811 he replied to a charge of Spinozism or atheism, which had been strongly urged against him, by a treatise entitled Des dispositions inn�es de l’�me et de l’esprit, which he afterwards incorporated with his greater work.

From Project Gutenberg