monistic

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The theory might even be monistic, and claim that X is the only thing that's intrinsically valuable.

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  1. Of or pertaining to monism; of the nature of monism. See monism and monist. Idealism is monistic in its whole conception of the universe. It claims to be a “one-substance” theory, although it should in consistency call itself a “no-substance” theory instead. Bibliotheca Sacra, XLV. 103. The opponents of the doctrine of evolution are very fond of branding the monistic philosophy grounded upon it as “materialism,” by confusing philosophical materialism with the wholly different and censurable moral materialism. Strictly, however, our monism might, as accurately or as inaccurately, be called spiritualism as materialism. The real materialistic philosophy asserts that the vital phenomena of motion, like all other phenomena of motion, are effects or products of matter. The other, opposite extreme, spiritualistic philosophy, asserts, on the contrary, that matter is the product of motive force, and that all material forms are produced by free forces entirely independent of the matter itself. Thus, according to the materialistic conception of the universe, matter or substance precedes motion or active force. According to the spiritualistic conception of the universe, on the contrary, active force precedes matter. Both views are dualistic, and we hold both of them to be equally false. A contrast to both views is presented in the monistic philosophy, which can as little believe in force without matter as in matter without force. Haeckel, Evol. of Man (trans.), II. 456.

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  • The theory might even be monistic, and claim that X is the only thing that's intrinsically valuable. —  Philosophy, et cetera
  • Only when business persons accurately understand what does and does not constrain them are we likely to see a more pluralistic, rather than monistic, approach to corporate purpose. —  ProfessorBainbridge.com
  • How do we avoid to become "monistic" on the other hand? —  Reinhold's Journey
  • Yet in the works of these very philosophers who are inclined to a mechanical and "monistic" view of the world, we find that they directly avoid the question as to the origin of self-consciousness and of moral self-determination. —  The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality
  • [706] The system itself is to be, in principle and in every respect, monistic, but, as the material world, though created by God out of nothing, merely appears as a place of punishment and purification for souls, a strong element of dualism is inherent in the system, as far as its practical application is concerned. —  History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7)
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  1. from Greek μόνος, single, + -ist-ic.
 

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