somatist
English edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”) + -ist
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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