On non-Christian perfectibilism see: E. Conze, ed. From Wordnik.com. [PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN] Reference
But to understand the history of perfectibilism they must nonetheless be carefully distinguished. From Wordnik.com. [PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN] Reference
Another type of perfectibilism, often closely associ - ated with extremes of asceticism, is mysticism. From Wordnik.com. [PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN] Reference
Christian-mystical and evolutionary perfectibilism are thus amalgamated by Teilhard in a single system. From Wordnik.com. [PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN] Reference
He had carried his perfectibilism to its most extreme point in the preface to a volume of hymns, published in 1741. From Wordnik.com. [PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN] Reference
For Enlightenment perfectibilism see: J.B. Bury, The Idea of Progress (London, 1924; later reprints); Ernst Cassirer. From Wordnik.com. [PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN] Reference
No variety of perfectibilism is yet quite dead, as the popularity of Teilhard's con - glomerate sufficiently illustrates. From Wordnik.com. [PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN] Reference
In essentials, the Hartley type of perfectibilism has been continued into the twentieth century in J.B. Watson's Behaviorism (1924) and in. From Wordnik.com. [PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN] Reference
One reason why Christianity has, generally speaking, been antiperfectibilist is that it has been forced to set itself against the perfectibilism of such heretical oppo - nents, whether the “Gnostics” or the Manichees, the. From Wordnik.com. [PERFECTIBILITY OF MAN] Reference
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