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Hylozoist

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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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Schulz loves matter, which for him is the highest substance, but not in a physical sense (which makes him close to me philosophically); for him there is no opposition between matter and spirit, they constitute a unity: "There is no dead matter--lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life"--now this is a confession of a monadologist (or rather monadist) or hylozoist.
 
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