Hylopathy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hylopathy is a noun meaning (obsolete) The ability of a spirit to penetrate and affect matter.
Meaning
(obsolete) The ability of a spirit to penetrate and affect matter.
Example Sentences
Which Faculty of Spirits, in the Appendix to the Antidote against Atheism is called ὑλοπάθεια, the Hylopathy of Spirits, or a Power of affecting, or being affected by the Matter.
The old dualistic notion of mind and matter, so prominent in Cartesianism, will hardly find defenders today. Rejecting this we are driven to some form of hylopathy, otherwise called monism.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hyloism, hyle, hyla, hulotheism, humoralism, hydrohaemia.
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