partialitas

English

Etymology

From Latin partiālis + -itās? Used by Professor H. F. Hallett in his book Aeternitas: A Spinozistic study (1930).

Noun

partialitas (uncountable)

  1. (philosophy) 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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