somatist
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”) + -ist
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsəʊmætɪst/
Noun
somatist (plural somatists)
- One who admits the existence of material beings only; a materialist.
- 1671, Joseph Glanvill, Philosophia Pia
- And therefore I cannot but wonder at a late Reverend Author , who seems to conclude thoſe Modern Philosophers under the name and notion of such Somatists, as are for meer Matter and Motion, and exclude immaterial Beings
- 1671, Joseph Glanvill, Philosophia Pia
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