Etymology

partialitas

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Today it means: The unique human position in Spinozan philosophy, where humans are simultaneously (i) 'finite modalities' as 'contingent' beings and (ii) because of human potential through the development and maturation of the intellect, a part of the 'infinite modalites' and hence a metaphysical part of the 'real'. Full definition →

Medieval Latin partiālitās
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  1. Medieval Latin · learned borrowing frompartiālitās
  2. English todaypartialitas

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partiality. Used by the British philosopher Harold Foster Hallett in his book Aeternitas: A Spinozistic Study (1930).

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