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/nˈætʃərəlˌɪzəm/ /nˈætʃrəlˌɪzəm/ Listen

Naturalism

noun

(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations.

An artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description. Synonym: realism.

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"Naturalism" Quotes from Famous Books

... plasis genetai mede allo to sozomenon e, all' autos ekeinos anakephalaiothe teroumenes tes homoiotetos]; III. 23. 1: IV. 38: V. 36: IV. 20: V. 16, 19-21, 22. In working out this thought Irenaeus verges here and there on soteriological naturalism (see especially the disquisitions regarding the salvation of Adam, opposed to Tatian's views, in III. 23). But he does not fall into this for two reasons. In the first place, as regards the history, of Jesus, he has been taught by Paul not to stop ...

— History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) • Adolph Harnack

... no guile, no coquetry, no deceit. So perfect was her naturalism that often by those who knew her least she was considered affected. Her trust in whomever she found herself with attained so directly its reward; her unconsciousness of pose was so rhythmically graceful; ...

— The Blazed Trail • Stewart Edward White

... face of every effort to conciliate the naturalism in man, men look upon these churches, and the Christianity they advocate, with suspicion. They see these churches have their goods still marked with the words, "supernatural," "miraculous." It is true, these churches may practically put such ...

— Christ, Christianity and the Bible • I. M. Haldeman

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