partialitas

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noun

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'.

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Meanings

nounpartialitas (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe 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'.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinpartiālitās
  2. Englishpartialitas

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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