Ultimism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ultimism is a noun meaning (religion, philosophy) The quasireligious proposition that there is some ultimate phenomenon that is the source of good.
Meaning
(religion, philosophy) The quasireligious proposition that there is some ultimate phenomenon that is the source of good.
Example Sentences
Schellenberg's thinking on religion begins with what he calls “ultimism.” “Ultimism,” for him, is the claim that: There is a metaphysically and axiologically ultimate reality (one representing both the deepest fact about the nature of things and the greatest possible value), in relation to which an ultimate good can be attained.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ultimatist, maximism, optimalism, ultraintuitionism, optimism, agathism.
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