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partialitas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-tial-i-tas
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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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Etymology

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).

Usage

Questions

What does partialitas mean?
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'.
Where does partialitas come from?
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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