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HYLOZOISM (Gr. iiX7)

This article appears in Volume V14, Page 176 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HOR-I25
HYLOZOISM (Gr. iiX7) , matter, coif
life
 ), in philosophy, a
term
  applied to any
system
  which explains all
life
 , whether
physical
  or mental, as ultimately derived from matter ("
cosmic
  matter," Weldstoff). Such a view of existence has been common throughout the history of thought, and especially among
physical
  scientists. Thus the Ionian school of philosophy, which began with Thales, sought for the beginning of all things in various material substances, water, air, fire (see IONIAN SCHOOL). These substances were regarded as being in some sense alive, and taking some active
part
  in the development of being. This primitive hylozoism reappeared in modified forms in medieval and Renaissance thought, and in modern times the
doctrine
  of materialistic
monism
  is its representative. Between modern materialism and hylozoism proper there is, however, the distinction that the ancients, however vaguely, conceived the elemental matter as being in some sense animate if not actually conscious and conative.


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