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Hylozoic

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hy·lo·zo·ism  (hl-zzm)
n.
The philosophical doctrine holding that all matter has life, which is a property or derivative of matter.
[Greek hl, matter + Greek z, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots + -ism.]
hylo·zoic adj.
hylo·zoist n.
hylo·zo·istic (-z-stk) adj.
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As such, we come to see Bruno's "pantheistic philosophy" (47), in which a hylozoic matter--both as passive and active potentiality--in its dialectic with form is the principle in which opposites coincide, contraction happens, and the soul's assimilation into the Divine is ideally enacted through intellective, not affective, experience.
The Concept of Contraction in Giordano Bruno's Philosophy by Saiber, Arielle / Renaissance Quarterly
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