panbiotism
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panbiotism
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From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ism. Initially coined by Paul Carus in contradistinction with Ernst Haeckel's panpsychism, the belief all physical matter is ensouled.
noun panbiotisms
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Synonym of hylozoism, the belief that all physical matter is alive in some sense.
Not being able to accept Professor Haeckel's doctrine of Panpsychism, I propose what might best be called Panbiotism, briefly set forth in the maxim πᾶν βιωτόν; that is, everything is fraught with life; it contains life; it has the ability to live... The stone possesses no soul; it is void of mental
Similar: hylozoism
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