holenmerism

English

Alternative forms

• holenmerianism

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) +‎ -ism.

Noun

holenmerism (uncountable)

1. The belief that the whole of God is present within every part of the universe.
2. The belief that the whole of the soul is present within every part of the body.
   • 1581, Joseph Glanvill, Saducismus triumphatus‎^[1], pages 125–126:

     But the Reasons that induce them to embrace it, and ſo ſtifsly to maintain it, are theſe two onely, or at leaſt chiefly, as much as reſpects the Holenmeriſm of Spirits. The firſt is, That whereas they grant that the whole Soul does pervade and poſſeſs the whole Body, they thought it would thence follow that the Soul would be diviſible, unleſs they should correct again this Aſſertion of theirs, by ſaying, that it was yet ſo in the whole Body, that it was totally in the mean time in every part thereof.

References

• Holenmerism in The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon, Cambridge University Press, 2016