Spinozism

Spinozism
Spinozism Spi*no"zism, n. The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God. [Written also {Spinosism}.] [1913 Webster]

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  • spinozism — spi·no·zism …   English syllables

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