- (n.) The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.
- (n.) The belief that inanimate objects and the phenomena of nature are endowed with personal life or a living soul; also, in an extended sense, the belief in the existence of soul or spirit apart from matter.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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