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(2012) Monism, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Proto-monism in German philosophy, theology, and science, 1800–1845

Frederick Gregory

pp. 45-69

Depending on the definition of the word, monism has been around for some time. If we define monism as the theory that all spirit and matter are united in a single original substance, we are reminded of Spinoza and even of Eastern thought. The heritage of monism, then, lies deep in the past. Still, monism is most commonly encountered as a phenomenon of the later nineteenth century. It is usually associated with Ernst Haeckel, since it was from his class="EmphasisTypeItalic ">General Morphology and the Natural History of Creation that the word came into general parlance.1

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137011749_2

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Gregory, F. (2012)., Proto-monism in German philosophy, theology, and science, 1800–1845, in T. H. Weir (ed.), Monism, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 45-69.

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