Spinozism

English

Etymology

Spinoza +‎ -ism

Proper noun

Spinozism

1. (philosophy) The philosophical doctrine of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) and his followers.
   • 1878, J. P. N. Land, “Philosophy in the Dutch Universities,”, in Mind, volume 3, number 9, page 96:

     A common weapon against Cartesians in those latter days was an accusation of Spinozism.

   • 1993, Annette C. Baier, “David Hume, Spinozist”, in Hume Studies, volume 19:

     But of course Spinozism in an empiricist mode is Spinozism with a considerable difference, as ethics written in Hume's preferred nonabstruse style (and increasingly nonabstruse from Treatise to Essays and Enquiries) sets a different tone from ethics in ordine geometrico.

   • 2002, Sebastian Gardner, Paul Franks, “From Kant to Post-Kantian Idealism”, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes, vol. 76, p. 230 note 7:

     Monism, as characterized here, seems to be a commitment both of Spinoza and of variants of Spinozism influential in Germany in the 1780s and 90s.

Related terms

• Spinozist, Spinozistic

Translations

philosophical doctrine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 斯賓諾莎主義／斯宾诺莎主义 (sībīnnuòshāzhǔyì)

• Finnish: spinozalaisuus
• French: spinozisme (fr) m

References

• “Spinozism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Dictionary of Philosophy, Dagobert D. Runes (ed.), Philosophical Library, 1962. See: "Spinozism" by Albert G. A. Balz, pp. 298-299.